Apparel – Guard or protector – For wearer's head
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-08
2001-10-30
Neas, Michael A. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Guard or protector
For wearer's head
C002S422000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06308343
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a full-face type helmet which protects a user's head or face when riding on various kinds of motorized vehicles such as motorcycles or automobiles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As shown in
FIG. 10
inner liner assemblies arranged within the shell
102
of the prior art full-face type helmet F to assure safety and riding comfort, a head part inner liner member
104
for protecting the head of the user, cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R for protecting a user's cheeks, and a chin inner liner member for protecting a user's chin, and may include a cover member
100
removably installed in the helmet in addition to each of these inner liner members.
This cover member
100
(hereinafter called as a neck pad) is made of foamed urethane or like material which is soft and resilient, formed into a U-shape as seen in a top plan view, an insertion piece
101
arranged at its outer circumferential edge inserted among a shell
102
, cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R and the head part inner liner member
104
so as to cover the cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R and the lowermost surface of the head part inner liner member
104
. The cover member
100
provides a good fitting characteristic to the helmet (reduction in looseness), protection against running wind, and protection against soiling of each of the inner liner members.
However, although the prior art full-face type helmet F provided with this neck pad
100
realized various kinds of effects described above, the neck pad
100
merely overlapped on the lower end surfaces
106
L,
106
R of the cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R, and at the same time both extremity end portions
107
L,
107
R of the neck pad
100
were positioned in the midway part of each of the lower end surfaces
106
L,
106
R of the cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R and fixed there, so that as shown in
FIG. 10
, a certain step was formed by the neck pad
100
and the cheek inner liner members
103
L,
103
R and a certain gap was formed between these members, resulting in these steps and gaps becoming resistant to the running wind when the wind passed through both right and left sides of the neck part of the user and the resistance may generate wind noise.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been invented in view of the aforesaid circumstances found in the prior art and it is an object of the present invention to provide a full-face type helmet wherein its comfortable feeling (reduction in looseness), protection against cold wind and protection against soiling of each of the inner liner members, while at the same time reducing noise caused by the wind passing the helmet is reduced.
The object of the invention is achieved by providing that the cover member covering the inner liner assemblies positioned at at least both right and left sides of a shell is fixed by supporting from near the lower end of the shell to the lower surface of the full-face type helmet having inner liner assemblies composed of each of inner liner members inside the full-face type shell, the cover member is spaced apart at its forward extremity end part from the lower end of the shell with soft raw material, and formed to be elongated over the lower end surfaces of the inner liner members at the cheeks of the inner liner assemblies up to the front end surfaces, its forward extremity end is engaged with cheek inner liner members or a chin inner liner member or the shell through engaging means and the lower surfaces below the ears of the user are formed as flat surfaces from the lower part at the front surface to the rear part of at least the cheek inner liner members.
The aforesaid cover member is arranged at the lowermost surface of the helmet so as to cover the inner liner assembly arranged inside the shell, for example, in the case that the inner liner assembly is constituted by the head part inner liner member, the cheek inner liner members and the chin inner liner member, the cover member having a format to cause the lowermost surface of the helmet to become flat surfaces is arranged at these lower ends and in addition in the case that the inner liner assembly is constituted by having the neck pad in addition to each of the aforesaid inner liner members, the cover member having a format in which the lowermost surface of the helmet is made as a flat surfaces is arranged in place of this neck pad and in addition, a separate cover member having a format in which the lowermost surface of the helmet is made as a flat surfaces is arranged at the lower end of the neck pad.
In addition, as a practical form of the cover member, for example, it is possible to apply a lateral integral type U-shaped form as seen in its plan view and a shape in which separate right and left segments are formed and both right and left segments are coincided with the flat shapes of both right and left sides of the neck part.
The aforesaid engaging means includes all the means in which the extremity end of the cover member can be engaged with the cheek inner liner members or the chin inner liner member of the shell, wherein it may be possible to apply, for example, each of the means such as a convex or concave engagement or the like such as an insertion engagement, a hooked engagement, a hook or a velvet type fastener or the like in which the extremity end of the cover member is engaged with each of the aforesaid engagement locations.
As the full-face type helmet of the present invention, any one of a system pad type in which the cheek inner liner members are removably arranged or a fixed type system in which the cheek inner liner members are not removably attached can be carried out.
In accordance with the technical means of the present invention, a running wind through-pass surfaces at both right and left sides of at least the neck part of the user in the lowermost surface of the helmet can be made as flat surfaces and at the same time it is possible to eliminate the gap or the step part in respect to the inner liner assembly. In addition, the present invention also has some effects of the full-face type helmet provided with the aforesaid prior art neck pad such as a more comfortable wearing characteristic of the helmet (restriction against looseness), protecting against cold running wind, and protection against soiling of each of the inner liner members.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4796309 (1989-01-01), Nava
patent: 5095550 (1992-03-01), Perlinger
patent: 63-211313 (1988-02-01), None
patent: 16482 (1962-07-01), None
patent: 34375 (1980-12-01), None
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Neas Michael A.
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