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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8214919 | Control device for the position of a protective helmet's visor Control device for positioning a visor for protective helmets, wherein the visor is rotatable from a configuration fully superimposed on the front opening of the protective helmet to a configuration of partial or total disengagement from said opening. The device inc... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8032946 | Shield structure for helmet or goggles, and helmet comprising such shield structure The invention provides a shield structure which is compatible for a plurality of helmets in spite that an auxiliary shield mounting mechanism has a comparatively simple structure, is less expensive, and provides a good appearance as a whole. According to one aspect ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7900268 | Armored face guard A ballistic face guard (100) for providing additional protection to a wearer's face and neck. A ballistic face guard (100) in combination with a ballistic visor (1000) for providing additional protection to a wearer's face, neck, and eyes. A bal... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7555788 | Integral helmet The invention relates to an integral helmet comprising a shock resistant helmet shell (1) which covers the top part of the head to the neck and the ear area of a user, defines a visor opening (3) at lower and top edges and is complimented by the chin a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7225471 | Removable optical assembly for a helmet There is provided a removable optical assembly for a helmet. The removable optical assembly includes an optical device retention system and an optical device attachment assembly. The optical device retention system is adapted to couple to the helmet and has an optic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207072 | Helmet The present invention relates to a helmet and a basic helmet concept with highly flexible construction of use in a number of different situations. The helmet can provide varying degrees of protection and can very easily alternate between the various forms of protect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7165273 | Headwear with cutout to accommodate eyewear and other items Headwear is disclosed having a cut-out or opening along the bottom side edges to accommodate eyewear or other items, and eliminate interference in the ear area between the headwear and the eyewear or other item. The cut-out or opening is defined by a headwear bottom... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7093302 | Helmet assembly with accessory attachment features A helmet assembly includes dedicated features that are configured to matingly engage with a mating structure attached to a distinct accessory unit. The corresponding mating configurations enable the operable securement of one or more of such distinct accessory units... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7024704 | Device for unlocking the rotation of a crash-helmet chin guard A releasing device for enabling rotation of a chin guard hinged to the sides of the cap of a crash helmet, in particular a helmet for motor-cyclists, which comprises at least one mechanism for engagement/release of the chin guard with respect to the cap, first means... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6931670 | Turning opening or closing member supporting structure of helmet To increase the amount of open air's introduction, have satisfactory good design and operability of a helmet. There are provided a plurality of turning center points of at least two or more during an opening or closing operation of the turning opening or closing mem... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6907878 | Protective hood with adjustable visor A flexible hood has an upper part and a lower part formed integrally with the upper part. A visor is carried by the upper part and a filter is mounted to the lower part on an external side. In a first configuration, the visor is positioned away from a user's face to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6795979 | Cold-weather helmet with translucent eye shield A helmet is particularly well suited for cold-weather use. The helmet includes a jaw shield that is detachable from a head portion. A breathing mask connects to the jaw shield via a mask adjustment mechanism that selectively axially moves the breathing mask toward a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795978 | Cold-weather helmet with spring loaded sunshield A helmet is particularly well suited for cold-weather use. The helmet includes a jaw shield that is detachable from a head portion. A breathing mask connects to the jaw shield via a mask adjustment mechanism that selectively axially moves the breathing mask toward a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6606751 | Helmet A breathing mask is provided for a helmet which reduces the formation of water on the lens of the eyeglasses of the wearer or on the shield of the helmet. The helmet comprises a head portion, a shield portion, and a breathing mask is hermetically adapted ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6468644 | Dual-structure helmet and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a helmet or a safety cap for protecting the rider's head and a method of manufacturing the same, in which the main body of the helmet has a dual-structure so as to reduce work process when an outer surface of the helmet is painted, and weight... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6282726 | Protective helmet A protective helmet of the type with an external shell and at least two protective shields, a first shield and a second shield, each pivotable with respect to the shell between two positions, i.e., between a low active position of use and a high active po... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6249918 | Helmet A helmet comprising a shell and a chin guard. The chin guard has a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion and a front portion positioned between the first and second lateral portions, said chin guard being hingedly mounted to the shell and moveab... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5946719 | Neck and head protection system A protective system for shielding the head and neck regions of an operative from the blast effects of exploding munitions comprises a helmet with a visor which is inwardly curved rearwardly at its lower end and interacts with a double collar arrangement o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5914816 | Helmet mount for night vision goggle A flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device is disclosed. The flip-up helmet mount includes a position adjustment assembly for adjusting the position of the night vision device between a use and a stowed position, a tilt adjustment assembly for adjus... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5901369 | Headgear having an articulated mounting mechanism for a visor Disclosed is protective headgear for an aviator. The headgear includes a helmet adapted to be worn by the aviator, a visor and a mechanism for mounting the visor to the helmet. The mounting mechanism is defined by a pair of gear train assemblies, one of w... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5890233 | Visor system for light sports helmets A dual visor assembly that is designed for and is attachable to any light sports helmet. The lenses are interchangeable by being attached to offset pivoting arms rotating about a common shaft on each side of the helmet. The lenses when raised are locked i... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5813048 | Helmet visor release apparatus A helmet visor release apparatus has a pair of manually actuatable catches, each of the catches including a first portion to be disposed on a helmet; and a second portion to be disposed on a visor of the helmet. The first portion has an arrangement for re... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5682606 | Sun mask The present invention relates to a curved, self-supporting mask which may be worn to protect the wearer from unwanted exposure to the sun and wind. The mask includes a shield fabricated of material which blocks the penetration of ultraviolet radiation.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5646785 | Helmet with wind resistant visor A helmet system having a visor attached to a support bracket mounted on a helmet wherein the support bracket is formed with an extension operative to block the visor from lifting upwards when the visor is pushed toward the helmet by wind pressure while no... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5604930 | Pair of hinges with synchronized operation for the attachment of a retractable visor to a helmet The disclosed pair of hinges enables the visor to be swung with respect to the shell of the helmet in a complex motion that starts in a turned-down position by a motion of translation moving the visor away from the shell of the helmet in order to move it ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5542627 | Quick release coupling apparatus and method for a helmet mounted night vision goggle arrangement A quick release coupling apparatus and method used to connect and quickly disengage a night vision assembly from a pilot's helmet. The quick release coupling apparatus includes a locking element disposed on a pilot's helmet. An aperture is disposed on the... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5467480 | Support system for at least one visor on a helmet The purpose of this invention is a system to support at least one visor (2a; 2b) on a helmet (1), the visor being mobile on a slide (30a; 30b) between an operational position and a withdrawn position. The system according to the invention comprises, on each si... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5396661 | Helmet visor operating mechanism A helmet visor operating mechanism in which springs urge the rolling elements of respective pairs of rolling elements toward relatively smaller radial dimension spaces between a brake ring carried by the visor and an axle carried by the helmet shell to lo... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5329642 | Helmets A helmet having a visor mounted on pivot posts fixed to the helmet shell includes a visor driving and latching mechanism which acts both to allow the wearer to move the visor between its lowered and raised positions and also to hold the visor in either po... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5251333 | Helmet mounted display device A helmet mounted display device including an opaque display element arranged to be mounted on a helmet visor outside of a wearer's usual instantaneous field of view and a display control circuit disposed remotely from the display element and coupled there... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5230101 | Dual visor operating mechanism A dual visor operating mechanism in which respective locks disposed between inner and outer visor arm hubs and respective right and left arbors normally prevent movement of the visors in response to force applied directly thereto and in which respective i... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5226181 | Mounting device for night vision mount and goggle assembly Apparatus for detachably securing a night vision goggle mount to a protective helmet visor housing in which the heads of a pair of upper fasteners carried by the mount are adapted to be inserted through the head receiving portions of a pair of upper keyho... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5208514 | Integrated pilot protective and restraint system An integrated pilot protection and restraining system having a circular bearing structure configured to surround the neck of the wearer, and a non-conformal helmet which is detachably coupled to and rotatably supported by the bearing structure. An automat... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5187502 | Pilot's visor A visor particularly useful by pilots includes a unitary, arcuate, molded transparent member having a lower edge closely conforming to the cheekbone area and bridge of the nose of a user's face. While maintaining a head's up attitude, the pilot's eyes may... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184231 | Helmet systems A helmet system comprising a helmet (11), a vizor (13) pivotally mounted on the helmet, and mounted on the vizor (13), an electro-optical system, e.g. a night vision goggle, including an eyepiece (33) positioned between a transparent part (19) of the vizo... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5177816 | Helmet visor support apparatus Helmet visor support apparatus is provided which can move the visor between raised and a lowered position by the operation of one hand. The apparatus comprises a visor support arm pivotally attached to the helmet at a pivot point for moving the visor betw... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5039035 | Helmet assembly with inflatable actuators A helmet for aircrew in a highly manueverable aircraft has six air bags which are inflated or deflated by a control system so as to counteract acceleration forces on the wearer's head and helmet. Two pairs of air bags engage the wearer's body, and two bag... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5003632 | Device for connecting a breathing mask to a helmet The device is for connecting the shell or face piece of an oral nasal breathing mask of a fighter pilot to a helmet. It comprises two fasteners each placed on one side of a median vertical plane of the helmet and one at least of which is provided with a q... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4987608 | Mounting means for use of ground system type goggles as aviators goggle A flip-up mounting bracket for use of a stripped down ground system type ht vision goggle on an aviators helmet. The frame and excess padding surrounding the ground system goggle is removed and the mounting bracket is substituted for the frame as a threa... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4922550 | Apache helmet adapter for night vision goggles A pair of rail adapters which replace visor rails used on the U.S. Army Ahe helmets, i.e. the AH-64 helmet. The rail adapters have a concave inner portion that is form fitted and attachable to the Apache helmet, with one rail adapter on each of the right... | 05/08/1990 |
