Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Helmet with integrated shoulder pad
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Application No.: US15880042Application Date: 2018-01-25
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Publication No.: US10939721B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Scott S. Whitesell , Scott R. Allen , Christopher T. Pietrzak , Allen Bischofberger , Julio Valencia
- Applicant: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Agency: Reed Smith LLP
- Agent Walter M. Egbert, III; Gerard M. Donovan
- Main IPC: A42B3/10
- IPC: A42B3/10 ; A42B3/04 ; A41D13/05 ; A42C2/00

Abstract:
A helmet body includes an outer shell and an energy management liner with an outer shell lower edge extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the outer shell. At least two shoulder pad recesses are positioned at a lower edge of the outer shell on a respective left and right sides of the helmet. The energy management liner is adjacent to the inner surface of the outer shell and includes at least two shoulder pads formed of a foamed energy management material. Each of the at least two shoulder pads is received into one of the at least two shoulder pad recesses on the respective left or right side of the helmet, each shoulder pad extending from inside of the outer shell to across at least a majority of a width of the lower edge of the outer shell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180206581A1 HELMET WITH INTEGRATED SHOULDER PAD Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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