EP3900564A1 - Movable brow shield - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a forehead shield (3) for a ballistic protective helmet (2) which is designed to move with the visor when the visor (4) of the protective helmet is opened and closed.

Description

1. Field of technology

The present invention relates to a movable face shield for a ballistic protective helmet.

2. State of the art

Ballistic protective helmets for protecting the head of the wearer have been known in the prior art for a long time. These serve to protect against the direct impact of force through e.g. fire with firearms or indirectly, among other things, through the impact on the wearer's head through splinters as well as through the impact of cutting and stabbing weapons. Typically, this type of helmet is worn by special forces and increasingly also by patrol officers who arrive at the scene first (so-called "first responders") with the aim of protecting the wearer himself.

The protective effect of such a helmet is achieved by stopping an impacting projectile (or splinter) and thus preventing the helmet from penetrating the wearer's head. In particular, the kinetic energy of the impacting parts should be minimized in order to protect the wearer from lethal effects. Titanium, aramid or polyethylene can be considered as typical materials from which the helmet shell of a ballistic protective helmet is made.

For further protection of the face, and in particular the eyes of the wearer, it is possible to equip the helmet with a visor which can be set up both permanently in front of the face and also so that it can be opened and closed.

In order to additionally protect the anatomically sensitive forehead area of the wearer in the event of a frontal confrontation, e.g. in the case of frontal fire, but also in the event of an attack with cut, stabbing or striking weapons, there is the possibility of wearing ballistic protective helmets with a shield or a forehead shield expand in order to obtain a further, reinforced protection zone in the area of the wearer's forehead. It has been shown that attacks on police officers and emergency services are very often carried out from the front.

The forehead shield is typically attached to the helmet shell using a Velcro fleece application. This method of attachment means that the shield can be attached to the helmet shell in a detachable manner in order to be able to supplement the protective effect of the ballistic helmet depending on the situation (possibly in conjunction with a visor). Situational conditions include, for example, an expected fire with a long weapon or other frontal impacts that the wearer of the shield can address more directly. If the threat level is classified as lower, the shield can be removed to reduce the weight of the helmet, thus increasing the wearing comfort for the wearer.

However, the use of an additional shield regularly leads to disadvantages if the helmet is to be used together with a forehead shield and a visor. Due to the spatial expansion of the forehead shield, it is no longer possible to open a conventional visor (e.g. by folding it up), as this is prevented by the spatial expansion of the forehead shield. This problem can be avoided by designing the visor in such a way that it is able to slide over the forehead shield. Due to the weight of the visor and the now extended lever arm, the torque acting on the helmet increases, which leads to an impairment of wearing comfort.

3. Summary of the Invention

The invention is therefore based on the object of improving the configuration of the end shields known from the prior art in such a way that they can also be used in combination with a visor, without the impairment of wearing comfort known from the prior art and without impairing or endangering the safety of the police officers or emergency services through the installation method.

This object is achieved by a face shield for a ballistic protective helmet which is designed to move with the visor when a visor of the protective helmet is opened and closed. According to the invention, the forehead shield is attached to the helmet in such a way that a visor can be moved together with the forehead shield. For this purpose, the forehead shield can in principle be attached to the helmet in a displaceable manner. This offers the advantage that a conventional visor can be used in this way, which thus offers the already known wearing comfort. There is no need for a visor sliding over the front shield. In addition, a complex conversion of the helmet is no longer necessary depending on the situation, since the desired functionality of opening and closing (or folding up and down) the visor is also made possible in joint use with the forehead shield.

In the present disclosure, several alternative ways are described how the forehead shield can be slidably attached to a protective helmet. The term “displaceable” does not exclude that the forehead shield or a part thereof, in addition to a movement relative to the surface of a helmet shell, also performs a rotation when the forehead shield or a part of it is moved through a visor of the protective helmet. For example, the forehead shield or a part thereof can be lifted off the helmet surface at the lower edge while the visor moves upwards, that is to say out of the field of view. In addition to the shifting movement, there is then a rotation. However, this is not excluded by the term "movable".

In principle, the forehead shield can have a device for this purpose in order to attach the forehead shield in a removable and displaceable manner to the protective helmet. This offers the wearer of the protective helmet the opportunity to adapt to the respective situation To adapt the conditions of use and, in the case of an increased risk situation, to be able to fall back on additional ballistic protection, which can be made possible by the front shield. A removable forehead shield also offers the possibility of expanding or retrofitting existing helmets with a forehead shield. Velcro and loop applications, for example, are preferably used as a means of attachment.

One possibility of designing the above-mentioned device consists in a housing which has means for pressing the front shield against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet. The housing can be set up to accommodate a ballistic part of the front shield. This is to be understood as that part of the forehead shield which has the actual protective effect, e.g. in the event of fire or the effects of cutting and stabbing weapons, and which can be made of a sufficiently resistant material, e.g. titanium or a fiber composite. Basically, in the context of the present invention, a forehead shield is understood, depending on the context, not only to mean this actual ballistic part, but also other means, devices and elements which are used, for example, to attach the ballistic part to a protective helmet or to connect it to a visor. The aim of the enclosure is to attach the forehead shield to the helmet so that it can move, but is still sufficiently firm and stable. The housing can be, for example, a pocket which is set up to accommodate the ballistic part of the front shield and to slide along the surface of the helmet shell. Alternatively, it can be an enclosure which encloses at least part of the edge of the ballistic part.

Since the ballistic part of the front shield is accommodated in a housing, no mechanical processing of the ballistic part is necessary, which could be detrimental to the protective effect of the front shield. In principle, mechanical processing of the ballistic part of the front shield, such as for example drill holes, reduces its protective effect.

The housing also has means for pressing the front shield against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet. On the one hand, this becomes the Forehead shield held firmly enough on the helmet shell. On the other hand, it is ensured that at least a part of the front shield can be raised sufficiently from the helmet shell when the visor is opened. Such a lift-off can occur in that the front shield is attached to a visor and this forms an increasing distance from the helmet shell when it is opened due to its non-spherical shape and / or an eccentric arrangement of the visor bearings. The means or means for pressing the face shield compensate for this lifting movement caused by the visor accordingly.

The housing can be designed to be detachably connected to a helmet shell. As a result, the housing can be connected to the helmet if necessary and the helmet can therefore be worn with a face shield.

The housing can furthermore be set up in such a way that it enables a connection to a visor and is set up so that it can be removed therefrom. The housing can be set up in such a way that it enables attachment to the helmet shell and / or the visor. The attachment option is preferably formed by a Velcro fleece application.

The means for pressing the front shield against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet can be at least one tensioning element which is set up to be attached to at least one visor bearing of the protective helmet. The tensioning element can be elastic, e.g. in the form of a rubber band, and have a loop at at least one end which is designed to be attached to a visor bearing of a helmet shell.

The tensioning element can be detachably connected to the housing. For example, the tensioning element can be connected to the housing by means of a Velcro fleece application. In this way, the clamping element can be separated from the housing and the housing can also be attached to the protective helmet without a clamping element, for example by means of a counterpart corresponding to the Velcro fleece application. As a result, the forehead shield is fixed to the hard hat and cannot be moved. This can be desirable, for example, if the protective helmet is worn without a visor.

The tensioning element can be fastened closer to a side of the housing facing away from a visor of the protective helmet than to a side of the housing facing the visor. This arrangement enables the aforementioned lifting or rotating movement when the housing is moved by a visor of the protective helmet: Due to the non-spherical shape of the protective helmet and / or an eccentric position of the visor bearings, it occurs at the lower edge of the housing where the Visor rests, to a lifting movement or rotation of the housing. This can be taken into account in that the clamping element is fastened further away from the lower edge of the housing than from its upper edge.

The housing can be made of at least one flame-retardant material. In this way, the housing and / or the tensioning element can be prevented from burning off in the event of fire, or at least delayed to such an extent that the front shield is held securely in position even in the event of a subsequent fire.

In principle, the front shield according to the invention can have more than one clamping element, e.g. two clamping elements, which are arranged on opposite sides of the front shield or its ballistic part.

As already explained above, the inventors propose several alternative solutions for a displaceable attachment of the front shield according to the invention to a helmet shell. According to a further alternative, the device is to detachably and displaceably attach the forehead shield to the protective helmet in order to have at least one rail which is designed to be attached to the protective helmet and to hold part of the protective shield displaceably. The rail can, for example, be glued to the helmet surface or attached to it by means of a Velcro fleece application. The other part of the forehead shield, in particular the ballistic part, is then held displaceably on the protective helmet by the rail and - similar to the housing mechanism described above - is displaced by a visor of the protective helmet when opening and closing.

The movable part of the protective shield can have a sliding element which is designed to slide in the rail, which preferably has a T-groove. The sliding element can be closer to a side facing away from the visor of the ballistic part of the front shield can be arranged than on a side facing the visor. In this way, the aforementioned lifting or rotating movement of the movable part of the front shield can also occur with the rail mechanism described here when the visor is opened.

The sliding element and the rail can be designed in such a way that the sliding part can be inserted into the rail. In this way, the movable part of the front shield, in particular the ballistic element, can be releasably and displaceably connected to the helmet shell.

Independently of the fastening mechanism of the forehead shield on the helmet shell, the forehead shield can furthermore have at least one visor fastening means in order to connect the forehead shield with a visor of the protective helmet. The visor fastening means can thus be present both in the case of the housing solution described herein and in the case of the rail solution. In the case of the housing solution, the visor fastening means can be attached to the housing. The visor fastening means can be designed as a Velcro fleece application. Part of this application can be arranged on the visor, e.g. on a visor bracket, and the corresponding counterpart on the forehead shield. The visor fastening means can be set up in such a way that relative rotation between the visor and the forehead shield is possible. Thus, the already described lifting or rotating movement of the front shield when opening the visor can be supported.

The forehead shield can in principle have a fixing means in order to fix the forehead shield on the protective helmet. In this way, the protective helmet can be worn with the forehead shield, but without a visor. In this way, even without a visor, the forehead shield is prevented from lifting or slipping due to the fixing means.

The visor fastening means and / or the fixing means can be a Velcro fleece application. This enables the helmet to be easily converted between use with a visor and use without a visor: If the protective helmet is worn without a visor, the forehead shield can be easily fixed with the Velcro application. As soon as the protective helmet is equipped with a visor again, the Velcro application between the forehead shield and the protective helmet can be released and that The forehead shield can be attached to the visor by means of a further Velcro fleece application, for example on its visor bracket, in order to enable the forehead shield to move along with the visor, as described herein.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a protective helmet, comprising (a) a helmet shell; and (b) an end shield as described herein.

The protective helmet can furthermore have at least one means which interacts with the fixing means of the forehead shield. For example, it can be a Velcro fleece application, with the Velcro part or the fleece part, for example, being arranged on the top of the helmet. The forehead shield can then, as described above, be sufficiently fixed when the protective helmet is worn without a visor.

The fixation means can be designed to be foldable. In this way, the fixation means is as inconspicuous as possible when wearing the protective helmet with a visor.

The protective helmet can have a visor. As already described, the present invention can be used particularly advantageously in a protective helmet with a visor, since the forehead shield moves with the visor when it is opened and closed.

The tensioning element can be formed by an elastic and tensionable material. In this way, the forehead shield can on the one hand simply be pressed against the helmet surface and thus lies close to the helmet on the other hand, thanks to its flexibility, it allows the forehead shield to be lifted off at the front edge when the visor is opened

Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a housing for a ballistic element of a forehead shield for a ballistic protective helmet, the housing being set up to accommodate the ballistic element and having a means for pressing the ballistic element against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet, so that the ballistic element can be detachably and slidably attached to the helmet shell. The advantages and further configurations of such an enclosure have already been described in detail, so that reference is made to them at this point in order to avoid repetition.

In principle, within the scope of the present invention, the helmet shell can be made from metal, from fiber-reinforced plastic and / or from a combination of both (hybrid helmet). Titanium is used as the metal, and aramid and / or polyethylene fibers are used as the fiber-reinforced plastic. A hybrid helmet has proven to be particularly resistant to fire from large-caliber weapons.

In particular, the invention also enables helmets to be retrofitted with an additional forehead shield, the protective helmet being able to be worn with or without a visor.

4. Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1A:

Einen erfindungsgemäßen Helm mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Einhausung, einem Stirnschild und einem Visier;

Fig. 1B:

Detaildarstellung des Helms aus Fig. 1A;

Fig. 2A:

Seitenansicht des Ausführungsbeispiels aus Fig. 1A mit Visier im geschlossenen Zustand;

Fig. 2B:

Seitenansicht des Ausführungsbeispiels aus Fig. 1A mit Visier im geöffneten Zustand; und

Fig. 3A:

eine Seitenansicht eines ballistischen Schutzhelms in einer weiteren bevorzugten Ausführungsform ohne Visier mit angebrachtem Stirnschild; und

Fig. 3B:

Frontansicht des ballistischen Schutzhelms aus Fig. 3A.

Fig. 4:

Rückansicht der Helmkalotte mit Schienenstruktur zur Aufnahme eines Stirnschilds und/oder einer Einhausung

The aspects of the present invention are explained below on the basis of preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention with reference to the drawings. The drawings show:

Fig. 1A:

A helmet according to the invention with a housing according to the invention, a face shield and a visor;

Fig. 1B:

Detail of the helmet Figure 1A ;

Fig. 2A:

Side view of the embodiment from Figure 1A with visor when closed;

Fig. 2B:

Side view of the embodiment from Figure 1A with visor when open; and

Fig. 3A:

a side view of a ballistic protective helmet in a further preferred embodiment without a visor with an attached forehead shield; and

Fig. 3B:

Front view of the ballistic protective helmet Figure 3A .

Fig. 4:

Rear view of the helmet shell with a rail structure for receiving a front shield and / or a housing

5. Detailed description of preferred exemplary embodiments

the Figures 1A, 1B , 2A and 2B show different views of a preferred embodiment of a forehead shield 3 according to the invention on a protective helmet 2. This is one of several options for slidably attaching the forehead shield 3 to the protective helmet 2, namely by means of a housing 9. The helmet 2 is a ballistic protective helmet, as this can typically be worn by emergency services, such as the police or other emergency services, in order to protect themselves from external fire and / or force effects of any kind. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention shown here relate to ballistic protective helmets for special forces and police officers, but are not exclusively limited to these, but can also be used, for example, for protective helmets for military use.

The helmet shell 2 can be made of metal, fiber-reinforced plastic and / or a combination of both (hybrid helmet). Titanium, for example, is used as the metal and, for example, aramid and / or polyethylene fibers are used as the fiber-reinforced plastic. The helmet shell 2 can be produced in a deep-drawing process, preferably from a one-piece titanium sheet, with a single-layer or multi-layer structure of the shell being possible. A manufacture of the helmet from steel or aluminum is also possible. Likewise, one or more layers of preferably a fiber composite material made of high molecular weight polyethylene fibers (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, UHMW-PE) come into consideration, but are not limited to these. Further layers with aramid fibers can be added to this. In addition to the preferred embodiment, other fiber composites can also be considered. A combination of materials is referred to as a hybrid. The helmet shell 2 can also be made entirely of plastics and / or fiber-reinforced plastics.

A forehead shield 3 is attached to the ballistic protective helmet 2, which can be worn in combination with a visor 4 (e.g. visual visor). The front shield 3 or the actual ballistic element of the front shield is preferably manufactured in such a way that it fulfills, but is not limited to, certain requirements of the VPAM (Association of Testing Centers for Attack-Inhibiting Materials and Construction) test guidelines. By attaching the forehead shield 3, it is possible to additionally protect the front or forehead part of the head 1 of a wearer of the protective helmet 2 from effects that are directed frontally (or aimed at the forehead part) against the wearer, such as by frontal ones Shelling, but also through the use of cutting and stabbing weapons, may be necessary during blows. Other, not mentioned attacks on the head area covered by the shield can thus be repelled without damaging effects on the wearer of the helmet. In the preferred embodiment, the front shield 3 is made of a fiber composite material made of high molecular weight polyethylene fibers (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, UHMW-PE), but can in principle also be made of other materials, such as titanium, aluminum, steel or fiber-reinforced plastic, e.g. aramid fibers . By means of the front shield 3, it is thus possible to ensure an additional, optional protective effect, if this is necessary or desired depending on the situation.

In the embodiment of Figures 1A, 1B , 2A and 2B the forehead shield or the actual ballistic element 3 is accommodated in a housing 9 which, for example, can have a rubber edging band and with an additional rubber band 10 prevents the forehead shield or ballistic element 3 from slipping or falling out. In order to prevent unintentional movement of the forehead shield / ballistic element 3, the forehead shield / ballistic element 3 is pressed against the surface of the helmet 2 by a tensioning element 8, which can be designed, for example, as a rubber band with a tab.

In addition to a rubber edging band and the tensioning element 8, it is also possible to realize the housing 9 in a different embodiment, as can be achieved, for example, by a pocket-like housing, which the The front shield or the ballistic element 3 can encompass completely or only partially and thus enclose it. In addition to a rubber edging tape, the housing itself can also have other constructions, such as a textile element. Furthermore, a metallic embodiment of the housing, for example as a bent sheet metal part, is also conceivable, in which the front shield is fastened, for example, by press studs or a clip connection, the possible embodiments not being limited to the embodiments mentioned.

It is important that within the scope of the present invention the housing 9 and thus the front shield or the actual ballistic element 3 received therein can be moved along the surface of the helmet shell 2 so that a visor 4 attached to the helmet 2 can be moved up and down. In a preferred exemplary embodiment, the visor 4 is set up as an all-plastic visor (visual visor) according to VPAM2 / VPAM3, although other types of visors can also be used with the disclosure according to the invention. The visor 4 can furthermore be held by a visor bracket 5 and thus connected to the rest of the protective helmet 2. The visor bracket 5 can be rotatably connected to the protective helmet. This can be achieved in that corresponding bearings 6 (e.g. visor bearings) are attached laterally on both sides of the protective helmet, around which the visor bracket 5 can be attached / supported so that it can rotate. The bearings 6 are preferably attached to the helmet 2 in such a way that they are implemented on opposite sides. However, the present invention is not limited to this form of attachment.

In a preferred embodiment, the bearing 6 offers at least one locking point so that the visor bracket 5 can assume different angles relative to the vertical axis of the carrier. This offers in particular the advantage that the visor 4 can be opened and the opened visor position can be locked and thus an undesired folding down of the visor, for example when the wearer is walking, can be prevented. Likewise, in a preferred embodiment, at least one further latching point is provided, which stabilizes the closed state of the visor 4. Possible embodiments of the locking points are not limited to those described above Configurations are limited, but any further locking points can be integrated into the bearing 6.

In a preferred embodiment it is possible to connect the visor bracket (and thus the visor 4) to the housing 9 (and thus the front shield or the ballistic element 3) by means of a Velcro fleece application 7, although other fastening mechanisms are also used possible are. When the visor bracket 5 is rotated around the bearing 6, the visor 4 can be folded up or down, the front shield 3 moving with the visor 4 through the Velcro fleece application 7 in that the front shield 3 slides on the surface of the helmet 2.

In a preferred embodiment, one or more of the helmet components helmet 2, protective shield or ballistic element 3, visor 4, visor bracket 5, bearing 6, Velcro fleece applications 7, tensioning element 8, housing 9, and / or rubber band 10 can be made from one or more several flame-retardant materials can be made, such as leather, Nomex, Kermel, rubber, flame-retardant plastics according to UL94 Vo and metals, in order to be able to increase the protective effect of the helmet accordingly.

The Velcro fleece application 7 between the visor bracket 5 and the housing 9 can be arranged in such a way that a type of hinge 11 results, which makes it possible to create an angle between the housing 9 and the visor bracket 5 (and the visor 4 connected to it) to adjust. The direction of rotation of the visor 4 can be outward (and vice versa) starting from the head 1 of a wearer.

The protective helmet 2 can also be worn without a visor in the context of the present invention. In principle, static designs are also conceivable in which the front shield 3 is connected to the helmet shell 2, for example by means of a further Velcro fleece application 13. The forehead shield 3 can also be used as a retrofit item with respect to an already existing protective helmet, which has all the necessary fastening elements for receiving the forehead shield, but can also be used in combination with a protective helmet Type of unit to be purchased. The front shield can be used both with a housing 9 and without a housing 9, and a protective helmet can also be retrofitted with a housing to accommodate a protective shield. The protective helmet, in combination with a movable forehead shield according to the invention (with or without housing), can additionally be combined with a visor 4 (eg a sight visor), whereby the visor 4 can also be designed as an optional additional retrofit option. According to the invention, the retrofitted visor with a retrofitted front shield (with and without housing) can be set up as a unit to be movable on the surface of the helmet shell.

The at least one tensioning element 8 fulfills two relevant functions: On the one hand, the tensioning element ensures that the housing 9 is pressed against the helmet shell 2. Furthermore, the at least one tensioning element 8 serves to enable a common movement of the housing and visor over the helmet shell, whereby a lifting of the housing at its lower edge during the movement over the helmet shell surface is made possible due to its non-spherical shape. An elastic and tensionable material can, for example, be realized relatively easily by means of an elastic band or an elastic textile, e.g. based on elastane. In a preferred embodiment, the tensioning element is designed in such a way that it has a loop-shaped structure 12 at at least one end, which can be used to hang it on at least one bearing and thus, due to the tensioning force, the end shield with or without housing against the To press helmet shell.

Figure 3A shows a side view of a ballistic protective helmet 2 in a further preferred embodiment, in which the helmet 2 can be worn without a visor and the associated visor bracket. The front shield or its ballistic element 3 is also introduced into a housing 9 and received by it. The housing 9 is held in position by means of a fleece 13, which is attached to the top of the helmet 2 (preferably by an adhesive connection), and a fastening element 14 attached to the fleece 13 in the form of a Velcro pad. That Fastening element 14, which can be connected to the housing 9, for example via a band, protects the housing 9 from unintentional movement, such as slipping or falling. In a preferred embodiment, the ballistic element 3 of the front shield can also be connected to the housing 9 by a further fastening element 14, thereby preventing the ballistic element 3 from slipping or falling out of the housing 9. When wearing the protective helmet with visor 4, this holding function is taken over by the Velcro fleece application 7. Using an additional Velcro fleece application 16, which in a preferred embodiment can be folded out, it is possible to establish an additional connection between the helmet 2 and the housing 9. For this purpose, in the preferred embodiment, the Velcro fleece application 7 is connected to the Velcro fleece application 16. This serves to prevent unintentional lifting off and / or slipping of the housing 9 from the helmet 2.

Figure 3B FIG. 14 shows a front view of the ballistic protective helmet 2 of the further preferred embodiment from FIG Figure 3A , in which the protective helmet 2 is worn without a visor and only the ballistic element 3 of the forehead shield is attached in the housing 9 on the helmet 2 and is additionally held by the further fastening element 10. By means of the Velcro fleece applications 7, 14, 15, 16 it is possible to prevent the housing 9 from being unintentionally lifted off and / or from slipping away.

Figure 4 shows an alternative solution for a forehead shield, which can be moved with a visor. A rail structure 18 of the face shield is attached to the helmet shell 2, which in a preferred embodiment has a T-groove into which a movable part of the face shield is inserted. A corresponding recess 19 in the rail structure 17 enables the T-shaped sliding part 18 to be introduced. Via the rail structure 17, the movable part of the front shield, in particular its ballistic element, can thus be pulled forward to the visor bracket 5 on which the visor 4 is attached, and be connected to this by means of the Velcro fleece application 7. This rail structure 17 also allows the front shield 3 to move along the surface of the helmet shell 2. This alternative solution can also be used with or without a visor. The rail structure can be connected to the helmet shell either permanently (for example by direct gluing) or detachably. If the guide rail is detachably attached to the helmet shell, in a preferred embodiment a Velcro fleece application can be used for temporary attachment. On the side of the rail structure 17 facing the visor bracket 5, a stop for the T-shaped sliding part 18 can be provided, which serves in particular to prevent the face shield from inadvertently slipping when the protective helmet 2 is worn without a visor. For this purpose, the Velcro fleece applications 7 and 16 can be used for fixing.

In a further embodiment, a flexibly configured pair of guide rails, which can be attached to the helmet shell, both permanently and detachably, can also be used to mount the front shield in a moveable manner. In particular, plastics, flame-retardant plastics and / or impact-modified plastics according to UL94 V-0 as well as metals come into consideration for the assembly.

List of reference symbols

1

head

2

Helmet / hard hat / helmet shell

3

Shield / forehead shield / ballistic element

4th

Visor / sight visor

5

Visor fasteners / visor brackets

6th

camp

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Velcro application

8th

Clamping element

9

Enclosure

10

Elastic band

11

hinge

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Loop-shaped end of the tensioning element

13th

Fluff

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Fastener

15th

Fastener

16

Velcro application

17th

Rail structure

18th

T-shaped sliding part

19th

Insertion opening for sliding part

Claims (15)

Front shield for a ballistic protective helmet which is set up to move with the visor when a visor of the protective helmet is opened and closed. The forehead shield of claim 1, wherein the forehead shield comprises a device for detachably and slidably attaching the forehead shield to the protective helmet. Front shield according to Claim 2, the device being a housing which has means for pressing the front shield against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet. Front shield according to Claim 3, the means being at least one tensioning element which is set up to be attached to at least one visor bearing of the protective helmet. Front shield according to Claim 4, the tensioning element being fastened closer to a side of the housing facing away from a visor of the protective helmet than to a side of the housing facing the visor. Front shield according to one of Claims 3 to 5, the housing being made from at least one flame-retardant material. Front shield according to Claim 2, the device being at least one rail which is set up to be attached to the protective helmet and to hold part of the protective shield in a displaceable manner. A front shield according to claim 7, wherein the sliding part of the protective shield has a sliding element which is adapted to slide in the rail. Forehead shield according to one of Claims 1 to 8, further comprising at least one visor fastening means in order to connect the forehead shield with a visor of the protective helmet. Forehead shield according to one of Claims 1 to 9, further comprising at least one fixing means in order to fix the forehead shield on the protective helmet. Forehead shield according to one of Claims 9 or 10, the visor fastening means and / or the fixing means being a Velcro fleece application. Safety helmet, having: a) a helmet shell; and b) a front shield according to one of claims 1 to 11. Protective helmet according to Claim 12, further comprising at least one means cooperating with the fixing means of the forehead shield according to Claim 10. Protective helmet according to one of Claims 12 or 13, further comprising a visor. Housing for a ballistic element of a forehead shield for a ballistic protective helmet, the housing being set up to accommodate the ballistic element and having a means for pressing the ballistic element against an outside of a helmet shell of the protective helmet, so that the ballistic element is removable and displaceable on the helmet shell can be attached.

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