EP0741527B1 - Ensemble casque de sport protecteur - Google Patents

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EP0741527B1
EP0741527B1 EP95906860A EP95906860A EP0741527B1 EP 0741527 B1 EP0741527 B1 EP 0741527B1 EP 95906860 A EP95906860 A EP 95906860A EP 95906860 A EP95906860 A EP 95906860A EP 0741527 B1 EP0741527 B1 EP 0741527B1
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Martin P. Pernicka
Paul Isabelle
Hubert Gagnon
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Leader Industries Inc Canada
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  • the present invention relates to a protective sports headgear having a visor shield which may be manually lifted over a helmet.
  • Protective headgears are used in many sports such as hockey, football, etc. Such headgears consist of a helmet and a face guard which may be of the transparent plastic visor type or of the rigid metallic grill type.
  • the present invention pertains to an improved protective sports headgear which overcomes the above-described problem and which is easily manually operated by the user. This is achieved by providing the features of the characterising portion of claim 1.
  • a single interlocking arrangement comprising lock means mounted at the front portion of the adapter and a lock engaging means on the visor shield is provided at at the front upper region of the face guard so that the user may single-handedly disengage the locking arrangement and lift the visor upwardly to extend over the helmet.
  • the visor shield comprises, at its opposite side portions, means for adjusting the position of the visor relative to the helmet in order to suit various face configurations of users.
  • the adapter has means cooperating with the visor shield in order to retain it in its lifted position.
  • a protective sports headgear consisting of a helmet 12 and of a visor shield or face guard 14.
  • the helmet has a forehead area 16, a top 18 and opposite sides 20 and 22.
  • Such helmet is well known and may have various shapes and configurations; the one illustrated in the figures is one which is used most often in the game of ice hockey.
  • the visor shield 14 made of transparent plastics material, is arch-shaped and extends over the open front portion of the helmet, terminating to the side portions thereof.
  • an adapter is used as an intermediate element between the helmet 12 and the visor shield 14.
  • the adapter 24 includes a flat band portion 26 which follows the contour of the forehead area of the helmet.
  • This adapter has an enlarged central area 28 and two opposite upwardly extending side being portions 30 and 32; it may be provided with a series of holes so as to be fixedly mounted to various types of helmets.
  • Fastening elements such as screws 34, 36 and 38, secure the adapter to the helmet by engaging corresponding holes in the helmet.
  • a lock device 40 (see figure 4) consisting of a rear wall 42 mounted to or integral to the adapter portion 28 and of a front wall formed of three sections 46, 48 and 50.
  • the two opposite sections 46 and 50 each have a rounded bottom recess 52 in registry with one another while the middle section 48 has a lower enlarged bottom recess 53.
  • the middle section 48 also includes a semi-circular recess in its inner wall which is in registry with the recesses of the other two sections 46 and 50.
  • the middle section 48 can be flexed outwardly (such as shown by the dotted line in figure 4); this is made possible by a restricted area 56 at the lower recess 53.
  • the visor shield 14 has a lock engaging portion 60 which may consist of a separate member fixedly attached to the visor shield or which may be an integral part thereof.
  • This locking engaging portion consists of a pair of arms 62 carrying a transverse horizontal pin 64 which, as illustrated by arrow 66, may be slid into the recesses 52 of the lock sections 46 and 50. As it is being inserted, the pin pushes the central section 48 outwardly to thereafter be engaged in the recess 54 and recesses 52. Removal of the pin from this engagement may be easily effected by a simple frontal manual gripping of section 48 allowing the visor shield to be raised upwardly out of the lock device to a position such as illustrated in figure 8, that is over the forehead area and top of the helmet.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an outwardly projecting arm 70 fixed to or integrally formed with the adapter 24.
  • This arm displays an outwardly projecting V-shaped portion 72 formed of opposite sloping faces 74 and 76 which are contacted by the side edge area 77 of the visor shield.
  • the retaining arm 70 serves to hold the visor in its lifted position.
  • the slope of face 74 makes rather easy for the user to return the visor shield to its downward face covering position.
  • hinge elements 80, 82 on opposite sides of the headgear which also secure the visor shield to the adapter side wing portions 30 and 32.
  • a chin contacting device 98 mounted to a frame 100 at the lower part of the visor shield.
  • the visor shield may adopt various positions between that illustrated in full lines and that illustrated in dotted lines.
  • an adjustment element generally designated 102, which has its upper part 104 connected to the side portions 30, 32 of the adapter and secured thereto by means of the hinge elements 80, 82.
  • the adjustment element 102 displays a vertical slot 108 into which is received a fastening bolt 110.
  • This bolt secures a side wing projection 112 of the visor shield to the adjustment element.
  • Untightening bolt 110 allows the visor shield to be moved, i.e. pivoted, about the pin 64 engaged in the locking arrangement described above.
  • the visor shield When the visor shield is moved downward about pin 64, the bolt 110 slides in the slot 108; once it has reached its lowermost position, the visor shield has the position illustrated by the dotted lines. It is to be noted that the opposite side wing projections 112 of the visor shield may extend behind the adjustment elements 102; similarly, the vertical slots 108 may be provided on the visor shield rather than on the adjustment elements.
  • This feature is particularly useful when a chin contacting frame 100 is mounted to the visor shield.
  • This frame is hingedly connected at 120 and 122. It is arc-shaped and located inwardly of the arc-shaped lower part of the visor shield.
  • the construction operation of the frame 100 and its chin contacting element 98 is made part of a patent application filed concurrently herewith. The pivotal movement of this frame is limited when the visor shield is in the position shown in figure 7, that is when its upper edge contacts the lower part of the visor shield.
  • the visor shield is also provided with a series of ventilation openings on each opposite side and in its lower part to provide proper maximum cooling for the users during their sport activity.

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  1. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports comprenant :
    un casque (12) définissant une région de front (16) et des parties supérieure (18), arrière et latérales pour couvrir la tête d'un utilisateur ;
    un écran de protection formant visière (14) relié de manière articulée au casque (12) au niveau de parties latérales opposées ;
    des moyens de mise en prise par verrouillage (60) sur ledit écran de protection formant visière ;
    des moyens de verrouillage (40) coopérant avec lesdits moyens de mise en prise par verrouillage (60) ; lesdits moyens de verrouillage (40) pouvant être relâchés manuellement, de telle sorte que, en libérant lesdits moyens de mise en prise par verrouillage (60) desdits moyens de verrouillage (40), ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) peut être soulevé de manière pivotante pour s'étendre au-dessus de ladite région de front et de ladite partie supérieure (18) dudit casque (12),
    caractérisé en ce que :
    il comprend un adaptateur (24) fixé à ladite région de front (16), ledit adaptateur définissant une partie avant et des parties latérales opposées ;
    l'écran de protection formant visière (14) est relié de manière articulée audit adaptateur (24) au niveau desdites parties latérales opposées ;
    les moyens de mise en prise par verrouillage (60) sont prévus sur ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) en son centre et le long de son bord supérieur ; et
    les moyens de verrouillage (40) sont fixés à ladite partie avant dudit adaptateur (24).
  2. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) comprend, au niveau desdites parties latérales opposées de celui-ci, des moyens pour régler la position dudit écran de protection formant visière par rapport audit casque (12).
  3. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 2, dans lequel lesdits moyens de réglage comprennent un élément de réglage (102) dont une extrémité (104) est reliée de manière articulée audit adaptateur (24) et des moyens amovibles pour fixer ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) audit élément.
  4. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ledit élément de réglage (102) définit une fente longitudinale (108) qui reçoit lesdits moyens de fixation afin de former des positions incrémentielles dudit écran de protection formant visière (14) par rapport audit casque (12).
  5. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 4, dans lequel lesdits moyens de mise en prise par verrouillage (60) sont constitués d'une broche (64) servant de point de pivot pour lesdites positions de réglage incrémentielles dudit écran de protection formant visière (14) par rapport audit casque (12).
  6. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant en outre des moyens sur ledit adaptateur (24) coopérant avec ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) pour retenir ledit écran en position relevée.
  7. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant en outre un dispositif de réception du menton (100) monté de manière articulée sur les côtés opposés dudit écran de protection formant visière (14) à une partie inférieure de celui-ci ; ledit dispositif étant disposé vers l'intérieur dudit écran de protection formant visière sur ladite partie inférieure de celui-ci.
  8. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ladite partie inférieure dudit écran de protection formant visière (14) définit un bord inférieur et dans laquelle ledit dispositif (100) définit un bord supérieur ; ledit bord supérieur étant dimensionné de manière à être limité dans son mouvement d'articulation descendant par le contact avec ledit bord inférieur dudit écran de protection formant visière (14).
  9. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ledit dispositif (100) comprend un élément d'amortissement en contact avec le menton (98) monté de manière pivotante en une région centrale dudit dispositif.
  10. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, 8 et 9, dans lequel ledit écran de protection formant visière (14) est réalisé dans une matière plastique transparente.
  11. Ensemble de protection de la tête pour les sports selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ladite partie inférieure et lesdites parties latérales opposées dudit écran de protection formant visière (14) comprennent des ouvertures d'aération.
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CA002114826A CA2114826C (fr) 1994-02-01 1994-02-01 Casque protecteur de sport
CA2114826 1994-02-01
PCT/CA1995/000043 WO1995020886A1 (fr) 1994-02-01 1995-01-27 Ensemble casque de sport protecteur

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