EP0096148A1 - Helm zur Benutzung bei Freizeitbeschäftigung - Google Patents

Helm zur Benutzung bei Freizeitbeschäftigung Download PDF

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EP0096148A1
EP0096148A1 EP82850132A EP82850132A EP0096148A1 EP 0096148 A1 EP0096148 A1 EP 0096148A1 EP 82850132 A EP82850132 A EP 82850132A EP 82850132 A EP82850132 A EP 82850132A EP 0096148 A1 EP0096148 A1 EP 0096148A1
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Robert S. Bell
Stefan L. Westius
Björn-Ake Sköld
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Akta Barnsakerhet AB
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/06—Impact-absorbing shells, e.g. of crash helmets
    • A42B3/066—Impact-absorbing shells, e.g. of crash helmets specially adapted for cycling helmets, e.g. for soft shelled helmets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/08—Chin straps or similar retention devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/10—Linings
    • A42B3/12—Cushioning devices
    • A42B3/124—Cushioning devices with at least one corrugated or ribbed layer
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/28—Ventilating arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/32—Collapsible helmets; Helmets made of separable parts ; Helmets with movable parts, e.g. adjustable
    • A42B3/324—Adjustable helmets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/32—Collapsible helmets; Helmets made of separable parts ; Helmets with movable parts, e.g. adjustable
    • A42B3/326—Helmets with movable or separable chin or jaw guard

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  • This invention relates to a sports helmet that in one device provides both 1) and open, air inducing helmet with a high degree of ventilation, impact protection and low weight, suitable for warm weather high risk recreational activity, as bicycling or roller-skating and in the same device 2) a closed-faced, non-ventilating helmet, with a jaw and face protecting extension suitable for cold weather high risk activity, such as ice-skating or downhill skiing.
  • the helmet is equipped with two user-adjustable elements, namely 1) an inner pad feature which allows the helmet to be user altered to fit the users (asymmetrical) skull form when the helmet is reversed for winter or summer use, and 2) a free-running retention webbing that is laced through the shell without the use of rivets. This element allows the re-fitting of the helmet for warm and cold weather respectively.
  • the helmet can achieve the low weights necessary for user acceptance by means of a highly structured polystyrene shell, which affords very high impact absorption and further functions as component in the above-mentioned elements, allowing the reversal and refitting of the helmet for cold and warm weather respectively.
  • Typical devices of the prior art consist of various helmets designed to protect workers in the building trades and helmets designed for specific recreational activities, e.g. skiing, motorcycling.
  • a helmet which can both function as a ventilating air-inducing helmet for warm-weather activity and a closed helmet affording warmth and protection in the cold.
  • This adaptability feature is made possible in this invention by moulding elements into the impact absorption shell, the aforesaid shell thus coming to be the basis of many elements not found in the prior art.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a helmet which can easily and inexpensively be adapted for various uses.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a warm-weather helmet which induces air through anterior ducts and channels and exits through interior channels, superior holes and posterior openings.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a helmet which insulates from the cold in cold-weather use.
  • Another object is to provide a helmet with high-impact absorption and low weight, relating to helmet use among small children.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a helmet which can selectively be user-adapted and re-adapted for warm-weather or cold-weather use.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a helmet which can be electively equipped with a face- and jaw-protector.
  • the helmet shown in side view in Fig. 1 has its warm-weather anterior to the right.
  • the shell, embodied in expanded polystyrene is corrugated with a series of ridges (1), also seen in cross section in Fig. 2.
  • the corrugation is expressed in the helmet interior as a numer of channels (2).
  • the corrugation leads to an impact absorption significantly higher than the typical smooth polystyrene impact absorption liner in conventional helmets.
  • This impact absorption is maximized in the area (9) in which the helmets is least ridgid. For warm-weather use this area is suitably forward-facing.
  • the bicycle is arrested by an impediment and the cyclist vaults forward.
  • the entire anterior area of the helmet comprises a superstructure for ventilation (3a-c), which in turn has three elements for active ventilation:
  • a further element for warm-weather use is the profile of the helmet, seen in Fig. 1.
  • the design covers the temples and rear of the head, leaving the ears free, which reduces wind noise in bicycling and allows the user to hear traffic in this mode.
  • a number of product elements are combined in order to allow the helmet to be reversed for cold weather use, shown in front view in Fig. 3, so that the unbroken area now faces forwards.
  • the human head is non-symmetrical in several relevant regards.
  • the bizygomatic breadth (over the temples) is typically less than the rear breadth. If this fact is at all recognized in helmet design, it leads to an asymmetrical inner lining.
  • the throat is placed forward of the vertical line passing through the midpoint of the head. This fact, again generally unrecognized, should lead to an asymmetrical webbing for helmet retention, so arranged that the webbing should cross under the throat, forward of the helmets midpoint.
  • This invention makes a forward-rearward reversability possible by several elements relating to head asymmetry.
  • the lining cushions in immediate juxtaposition to the skin are removable and of different thicknesses.
  • a square of Velcro (registered trade mark) or similar material placed at a dozen points in the interior allows Nylon (registered trade mark) or similar faced lining cushions (11) to be added and removed at will at the various points.
  • the webbing positioning and retaining the helmet on the head prior to and during impact needs to be adapted to the forward/rearward positions.
  • the webbing seen in Fig. 1 is adjusted forwards/rearwards by the use of two webbings (14) and (16) which are mated below the ear by a plastic coupling (18).
  • the adjustment requires that at least one of the webbings is fixed in a lateral direction.
  • the webbing is not riveted as customarily is the case.
  • Fig. 5 shows the anterior webbing retention area, in which the webbing (14) is doubly laced (6) through the shell. This element, together with the tensioning bridge (7) yields a high degree of friction shell-against-webbing, which allows free adjustment of the webbing whilst holding the webbing in the desired position.
  • webbing retention area (8) is recessed, in order to reduce ventilation when this area becomes the leading surface in cold weather use. This area is shown in cross section in Fig. 6.
  • Fig. 15 in side view, it becomes necessary to cover the users ears.
  • a face and jaw-protector (12) moulded in expanded polystyrene or other low-weight cell material the helmet can be extended laterally and to the front.
  • the protector can be fastened at the sides with parallell splined pins (17) which hold the protector in place but can be removed when needed.
  • the use of these pins is shown in Fig. 14, which depicts the fastening area (10).

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EP82850132A 1982-06-10 1982-06-10 Helm zur Benutzung bei Freizeitbeschäftigung Expired EP0096148B1 (de)

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DE8282850132T DE3268096D1 (en) 1982-06-10 1982-06-10 A helmet for use in recreational activity
EP82850132A EP0096148B1 (de) 1982-06-10 1982-06-10 Helm zur Benutzung bei Freizeitbeschäftigung
AT82850132T ATE17076T1 (de) 1982-06-10 1982-06-10 Helm zur benutzung bei freizeitbeschaeftigung.

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Cited By (20)

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US4539715A (en) * 1983-04-22 1985-09-10 Cooper Canada Limited Size adjustable helmet
EP0217996A1 (de) * 1985-10-11 1987-04-15 Ab Akta Barnsäkerhet Schutzhelm für Freizeitgebrauch
US4736469A (en) * 1985-02-18 1988-04-12 Gianromano Boretti Headgear for slalom racers
US4766614A (en) * 1986-12-31 1988-08-30 Cantwell Jay S Ventilated protective headgear
WO1989001744A1 (en) * 1987-08-28 1989-03-09 Bil Ab Atlas Headgear and method to produce the headgear.
US4903348A (en) * 1988-09-26 1990-02-27 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Helmet with strap holder
EP0370696A2 (de) * 1988-11-21 1990-05-30 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Verstärkter Helm aus geschäumtem Kunststoff
EP0391389A1 (de) * 1989-04-04 1990-10-10 K.W. Hochschorner Gmbh Helm
US5023958A (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-06-18 Rotzin Stephen A Aerodynamic bicycle helmet
US5088130A (en) * 1990-02-06 1992-02-18 Chiarella Michele A Protective helmet having internal reinforcing infrastructure
US5099523A (en) * 1988-11-21 1992-03-31 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Reinforced expanded plastic helmet construction
US5123121A (en) * 1988-03-07 1992-06-23 Bell Helmets, Inc. Helmet retention system with adjustable buckle
WO1992021256A1 (de) * 1991-06-03 1992-12-10 Illbruck Gmbh Sporthelm
US5231703A (en) * 1991-05-31 1993-08-03 Louis Garneau Protective headgear
US5269025A (en) * 1988-09-26 1993-12-14 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Reinforced expanded plastic helmet construction
US5351342A (en) * 1992-02-03 1994-10-04 Louis Garneau Protective headgear
US5450631A (en) * 1993-09-17 1995-09-19 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle helmet
US5477563A (en) * 1989-01-25 1995-12-26 Giro Sport Design, Inc. Helmet having a planar-molded infrastructure
US6009562A (en) * 1998-08-26 2000-01-04 Bell Sports, Inc. Helmet with accessory mounting apparatus and method of making the same
US6009561A (en) * 1998-08-26 2000-01-04 Bell Sports Inc. Helmet with rotatable accessory mount and method of making the same

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US2250275A (en) * 1940-08-12 1941-07-22 John T Riddell Protective shield support
US3478365A (en) * 1967-08-21 1969-11-18 Tibor Joseph Varga Protective helmet for babies
FR2141431A1 (de) * 1971-06-02 1973-01-26 Fuks Robert
US3783450A (en) * 1973-02-05 1974-01-08 Connor W O Hockey helmet
US3925821A (en) * 1974-07-05 1975-12-16 Bell Helmets Inc Air cooled helmet
GB1456824A (en) * 1973-10-12 1976-11-24 Vero Co Ltd Everitt W Safety helmets
US4024586A (en) * 1976-08-05 1977-05-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Headgear suspension system
US4044400A (en) * 1976-10-18 1977-08-30 Bell Helmets Inc. Helmet retention system
DE7906475U1 (de) * 1979-03-08 1979-05-31 Hans Roemer Gmbh + Co, 7910 Neu-Ulm Schutzhelm für Personen auf offenen Motorfahrzeugen
FR2466205A1 (fr) * 1979-09-28 1981-04-10 Bibollet Jean Claude Casque de protection mecanique cranienne

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US2250275A (en) * 1940-08-12 1941-07-22 John T Riddell Protective shield support
US3478365A (en) * 1967-08-21 1969-11-18 Tibor Joseph Varga Protective helmet for babies
FR2141431A1 (de) * 1971-06-02 1973-01-26 Fuks Robert
US3783450A (en) * 1973-02-05 1974-01-08 Connor W O Hockey helmet
GB1456824A (en) * 1973-10-12 1976-11-24 Vero Co Ltd Everitt W Safety helmets
US3925821A (en) * 1974-07-05 1975-12-16 Bell Helmets Inc Air cooled helmet
US4024586A (en) * 1976-08-05 1977-05-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Headgear suspension system
US4044400A (en) * 1976-10-18 1977-08-30 Bell Helmets Inc. Helmet retention system
DE7906475U1 (de) * 1979-03-08 1979-05-31 Hans Roemer Gmbh + Co, 7910 Neu-Ulm Schutzhelm für Personen auf offenen Motorfahrzeugen
FR2466205A1 (fr) * 1979-09-28 1981-04-10 Bibollet Jean Claude Casque de protection mecanique cranienne

Cited By (26)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4539715A (en) * 1983-04-22 1985-09-10 Cooper Canada Limited Size adjustable helmet
US4736469A (en) * 1985-02-18 1988-04-12 Gianromano Boretti Headgear for slalom racers
EP0217996A1 (de) * 1985-10-11 1987-04-15 Ab Akta Barnsäkerhet Schutzhelm für Freizeitgebrauch
US4766614A (en) * 1986-12-31 1988-08-30 Cantwell Jay S Ventilated protective headgear
WO1989001744A1 (en) * 1987-08-28 1989-03-09 Bil Ab Atlas Headgear and method to produce the headgear.
US5123121A (en) * 1988-03-07 1992-06-23 Bell Helmets, Inc. Helmet retention system with adjustable buckle
US4903348A (en) * 1988-09-26 1990-02-27 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Helmet with strap holder
US5269025A (en) * 1988-09-26 1993-12-14 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Reinforced expanded plastic helmet construction
US5119516A (en) * 1988-11-21 1992-06-09 Bell Sports, Inc. Reinforced expanded plastic helmet construction
US5099523A (en) * 1988-11-21 1992-03-31 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Reinforced expanded plastic helmet construction
EP0370696A3 (de) * 1988-11-21 1991-01-23 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Verstärkter Helm aus geschäumtem Kunststoff
EP0370696A2 (de) * 1988-11-21 1990-05-30 Bell Bicycles, Inc. Verstärkter Helm aus geschäumtem Kunststoff
US5477563A (en) * 1989-01-25 1995-12-26 Giro Sport Design, Inc. Helmet having a planar-molded infrastructure
US5481762A (en) * 1989-01-25 1996-01-09 Giro Sport Design, Inc. Helmet having a planar-molded infrastructure
EP0391389A1 (de) * 1989-04-04 1990-10-10 K.W. Hochschorner Gmbh Helm
US5023958A (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-06-18 Rotzin Stephen A Aerodynamic bicycle helmet
US5088130A (en) * 1990-02-06 1992-02-18 Chiarella Michele A Protective helmet having internal reinforcing infrastructure
US5231703A (en) * 1991-05-31 1993-08-03 Louis Garneau Protective headgear
WO1992021256A1 (de) * 1991-06-03 1992-12-10 Illbruck Gmbh Sporthelm
US5351342A (en) * 1992-02-03 1994-10-04 Louis Garneau Protective headgear
US5450631A (en) * 1993-09-17 1995-09-19 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle helmet
US5651145A (en) * 1993-09-17 1997-07-29 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle helmet
US5745924A (en) * 1993-09-17 1998-05-05 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle helmet
US6105176A (en) * 1993-09-17 2000-08-22 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle helmet
US6009562A (en) * 1998-08-26 2000-01-04 Bell Sports, Inc. Helmet with accessory mounting apparatus and method of making the same
US6009561A (en) * 1998-08-26 2000-01-04 Bell Sports Inc. Helmet with rotatable accessory mount and method of making the same

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