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- the present invention relates generally to the field of sports helmets, and in particular, to a new and useful video camera housing and helmet combination for a football helmet that meets National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) standards and is otherwise specially suited to use on the football field.
- NOCSAE National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,819,354 to Foster et al. assigned to Omnivision Technologies, Inc. and entitled Completely integrated helmet camera, discloses a camera housing mountable to a helmet.
- the camera housing contains a single-chip image sensor and includes an attaching unit that is structured to allow the camera housing to be attached to an existing structure of the helmet, such as to a face mask of a helmet.
- the camera housing extends above the face guard and forward of the helmet shell.
- GoPro brand video cameras have found favor with various active people and sports for mounting on head gear, equipment and garments, to record action videos of the sport or activity.
- Some helmet wearers have attach these commercially available video systems to their helmets. This may endanger the wearer, degrade the function of the helmet and void the helmet's manufacturer's warranty.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with an integrated video system that is ready for full-contact practice and game play and which can be sold in a completed condition with the video system installed and the helmet being NOCSAE compliant.
- another object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with integrated video system that comprises: a rigid shell adapted to cover the head of a wearer, the rigid shell having an outer surface and an inner surface, the shell having a front portion with a convex outer surface, a crown portion, a pair of opposite side portions, and a back portion with a convex outer surface; an impact absorbing pad assembly removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell; a comfort liner assembly removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly; a face guard comprising a cage of connected together metal bars having a pair of side parts connected to respective side portions of the shell, and an upper part having a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell; a nose bumper connected to the front portion of the shell, the nose bumper having an inner concave surface engaged flat against the outer convex surface of the front portion of the shell, a video optics housing connected to and extending forwardly of the nose bumper, the video optics housing containing an image
- An still further object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with integrated video system that is simple in design, rugged in construction and that satisfies the requirements for football helmet standards.
- FIG. 1 is a front, top, side perspective view of a football helmet for an integrated video system according to our invention
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof
- FIG. 3 is a rear, bottom, side perspective view thereof
- FIG. 4 is a bottom, front perspective view thereof
- FIG. 5 is a front, top, side perspective view of nose bumper with video optics housing of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is side, exploded view of nose bumper with video optics housing of the invention.
- FIG. 7 is a rear view of nose bumper
- FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a video circuitry housing and associated parts of the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a rear view of the video circuitry housing
- FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the video circuitry housing
- FIG. 11 is a side view of a gasket of the circuitry housing
- FIG. 12 is an inside perspective view of a battery housing of the invention.
- FIG. 13 is an outside perspective view of the battery housing of the invention.
- FIG. 14 is a wiring diagram for electronic parts for the video system that are housed in the various parts of the invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 show a football helmet with integrated video system that comprises a rigid shell 12 adapted to cover the head of a wearer.
- the rigid shell has an outer surface and an inner surface, and includes a front portion 14 with a convex outer surface, a crown portion 16 , a pair of opposite side portions 18 , and a back portion 20 .
- An impact absorbing pad assembly 30 is removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell and a comfort liner assembly 40 is removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly.
- the helmet includes a face guard 80 comprising a cage of connected together metal bars having a pair of side parts 82 connected to respective side portions 18 of the shell 12 , and an upper part 84 having a center bar 86 connected to the front portion 14 of the shell.
- a nose bumper 90 which is preferably white or translucent, is connected to the front portion 14 of the shell, the nose bumper having a base portion 91 with an inner concave surface engaged flat against the outer convex surface of the front portion 14 of the shell.
- a video optics housing 92 is connected to and extends forwardly of the base portion 91 of the nose bumper 90 , the video optics housing containing an imager 94 with foam ring best shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 .
- the optics housing 92 may be made as one piece with, or connected as a separate but connected piece to the base portion 91 of the nose bumper 90 .
- a clear imager or sensor cover 93 covers the front and sides of imager 94 and holds it to housing 92 by screws 99 that are threaded into nuts 95 held in recesses on the inner surface of base portion 91 of nose bumper 90 .
- housing 92 has rounded outer contours and defines a deep recess around the imager 94 and enclosing imager cover 93 . In this way at least the sides, top and part of the bottom of the imager cover are surrounded, to protect it and the enclosed imager 94 from impacts. This is done without overly enlarging the profile of the unit and, importantly, while still satisfying NOCSAE standards.
- nose bumper 90 also includes a circuit board recess below the location of the imager in housing 92 , for an imager interface circuit board 100 that is part of the overall electronics package of known design to be used with the invention.
- the video imaging and electronics package components to be integrated with the football helmet of the invention are known to those skilled in the art and are not disclosed in detail here.
- the base and housing portions 91 and 92 are injection molded as one piece of white SABIC (a trademark) polycarbonate EXT1414T and cover 93 is made of clear SABIC polycarbonate HF1110R.
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- cover 93 is made of clear SABIC polycarbonate HF1110R.
- At least one, but preferably two face guard connectors 96 such as standard plastic loop connectors or other forms of connector, connect the center bar 86 to the face guard 80 over the nose bumper 90 and to the front portion 14 of the shell 12 .
- two connectors 96 are on opposite sides on the video optics housing 92 .
- Each are connected by screws 98 , extending through holes in the loop connectors 96 and through holes 97 in the nose bumper 90 , and are threaded to the nut portion of a T-nut of known design that is engaged in a corresponding hole in the front portion 14 of the helmet shell 12 . See U.S. patent application Ser. No.
- a battery housing 70 is connected to the inner surface of the shell 12 , between, under and/or among some of the pads of the impact absorbing pad assembly 30 , for supporting a rectangular battery 71 in FIG. 14 , for the video system.
- a circuitry housing 60 is connected to the shell, preferable near a lower edge of the back portion 20 by a pair of screws threaded into T-nuts in the shell as best shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- a video camera printed circuitry board or video PCB 102 is provided in the housing 60 and wiring is provided for connecting the imager 94 and the battery housing 70 with battery 71 , to the video circuitry 102 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 14 .
- the battery housing 70 is made of ABS plastic and has a convex outer surface that is connected, for example by hook and loop fastening tabs to the inside concave surface of the helmet 12 , preferably to one side of the crown 16 and toward the rear of the shell where it is least likely to interfere with the shock absorbing function of the pad assembly 30 in the vicinity of the battery housing 70 .
- the battery 71 (in FIG. 14 ), may be removed for charging to avoid interrupting use of the helmet by a player.
- the video circuitry housing 60 has a generally rectangular central portion defining a hollow void for receiving the video PCB 102 to complete the circuitry needed for video capture and saving.
- One or more ports 67 are defined either in the bottom or top of the central portion of housing 60 to allow connection of power (if desired) and data cables for retrieving data and for charging the battery in housing 70 , for allowing insert and removal of memory cards such as an SD card or the like, and for control buttons.
- Housing 60 also includes a curved flange portion 61 with a concave inner surface that generally conforms to the outer convex surface of the back portion 20 of shell 12 . As examples and as shown in FIG.
- the ports 67 include a port 67 a for accessing a record button, e.g. using a pen point, an SD card slot 67 b for an SD card (not shown), a retaining hole 67 c for an SD plug and an power button port 67 d .
- a weather resistant rubber plug plugs into the SD slot and one or more of the openings and ports in housing 60 to protect the video circuitry, controls and memory components from the elements.
- a pair of holes in flange 61 on opposite sides of the central portion, receive rear housing screws 63 , that extend through holes in the helmet shell and through corresponding holes in a rear liner attachment 66 shown in FIG. 8 , and then are threaded into respective T-nuts 65 inside the helmet.
- a rear gasket 62 (shown in FIG. 11 but not in FIG. 8 ) is interposed between flange 61 and back portion 20 on the shell to help cushion the circuitry in housing 60 from impacts to the helmet.
- a resilient rectangular rear housing pad 64 of 3 ⁇ 8′′ polyether polyurethane foam is pressed into the void in the central portion of the housing 60 , between the shell 12 and the circuit board (not shown), to further secure the circuit board against impacts.
- Pad 64 extends in a corresponding rectangular opening in gasket 62 so that the pad engages directly against the shell surface.
- Housing 60 with its central portion and its flange 61 are made of clear or translucent SABIC polycarbonate EXL1414T.
- Gasket 62 is make of black 1 ⁇ 8′′ or 1 ⁇ 4′′ VN1485 with pressure sensitive adhesive.
- Rear liner 66 is made of white, polymeric, non-migrating PVC 85 Shore A.
- the video circuitry housing 60 is transparent or translucent for viewing one or more LEDs on the video circuitry 102 , the circuitry having or being painted to have a color to match a color of the outer surface of the helmet shell so it looks like a part of the helmet.
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- The present invention relates generally to the field of sports helmets, and in particular, to a new and useful video camera housing and helmet combination for a football helmet that meets National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) standards and is otherwise specially suited to use on the football field.
- All professional and scholastic level football helmets must meet NOCSAE standards. In view of these stringent requirements, care must be take before adding or removing structures to such helmets.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,819,354 to Foster et al., assigned to Omnivision Technologies, Inc. and entitled Completely integrated helmet camera, discloses a camera housing mountable to a helmet. The camera housing contains a single-chip image sensor and includes an attaching unit that is structured to allow the camera housing to be attached to an existing structure of the helmet, such as to a face mask of a helmet. The camera housing extends above the face guard and forward of the helmet shell.
- GoPro brand video cameras have found favor with various active people and sports for mounting on head gear, equipment and garments, to record action videos of the sport or activity. Some helmet wearers have attach these commercially available video systems to their helmets. This may endanger the wearer, degrade the function of the helmet and void the helmet's manufacturer's warranty.
- In view of the ever growing desire and advantage of video recording for sports training and action videos, a need exists for a video camera and football helmet combination that satisfied all relevant safety requirements and standards.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a video camera capacity to a football helmet without impairing the safety of the helmet and without significantly changing the helmet's profile from all angle.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with an integrated video system that is ready for full-contact practice and game play and which can be sold in a completed condition with the video system installed and the helmet being NOCSAE compliant.
- Accordingly, another object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with integrated video system that comprises: a rigid shell adapted to cover the head of a wearer, the rigid shell having an outer surface and an inner surface, the shell having a front portion with a convex outer surface, a crown portion, a pair of opposite side portions, and a back portion with a convex outer surface; an impact absorbing pad assembly removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell; a comfort liner assembly removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly; a face guard comprising a cage of connected together metal bars having a pair of side parts connected to respective side portions of the shell, and an upper part having a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell; a nose bumper connected to the front portion of the shell, the nose bumper having an inner concave surface engaged flat against the outer convex surface of the front portion of the shell, a video optics housing connected to and extending forwardly of the nose bumper, the video optics housing containing an imager; at least one face guard connector connecting the center bar to the face guard over the nose bumper and to the front portion of the shell; a battery housing connected to the inner surface of the shell for supporting a battery; a circuitry housing connected to the shell; video camera circuitry in the housing; and wiring connecting the imager and battery housing to the video circuitry.
- An still further object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with integrated video system that is simple in design, rugged in construction and that satisfies the requirements for football helmet standards.
- The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.
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FIG. 1 is a front, top, side perspective view of a football helmet for an integrated video system according to our invention; -
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; -
FIG. 3 is a rear, bottom, side perspective view thereof; -
FIG. 4 is a bottom, front perspective view thereof; -
FIG. 5 is a front, top, side perspective view of nose bumper with video optics housing of the invention; -
FIG. 6 is side, exploded view of nose bumper with video optics housing of the invention; -
FIG. 7 is a rear view of nose bumper; -
FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a video circuitry housing and associated parts of the invention; -
FIG. 9 is a rear view of the video circuitry housing; -
FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the video circuitry housing; -
FIG. 11 is a side view of a gasket of the circuitry housing; -
FIG. 12 is an inside perspective view of a battery housing of the invention; -
FIG. 13 is an outside perspective view of the battery housing of the invention; and -
FIG. 14 is a wiring diagram for electronic parts for the video system that are housed in the various parts of the invention. - Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements,
FIGS. 1 to 4 show a football helmet with integrated video system that comprises arigid shell 12 adapted to cover the head of a wearer. The rigid shell has an outer surface and an inner surface, and includes afront portion 14 with a convex outer surface, acrown portion 16, a pair ofopposite side portions 18, and aback portion 20. An impact absorbingpad assembly 30 is removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell and acomfort liner assembly 40 is removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly. - U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/526,077 filed Jun. 18, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses additional details of an embodiment of a impact absorbing pad assembly and comfort liner assembly that can be used with the invention.
- The helmet includes a
face guard 80 comprising a cage of connected together metal bars having a pair ofside parts 82 connected torespective side portions 18 of theshell 12, and anupper part 84 having acenter bar 86 connected to thefront portion 14 of the shell. Anose bumper 90, which is preferably white or translucent, is connected to thefront portion 14 of the shell, the nose bumper having abase portion 91 with an inner concave surface engaged flat against the outer convex surface of thefront portion 14 of the shell. Avideo optics housing 92 is connected to and extends forwardly of thebase portion 91 of thenose bumper 90, the video optics housing containing animager 94 with foam ring best shown inFIGS. 5 and 6 . Theoptics housing 92 may be made as one piece with, or connected as a separate but connected piece to thebase portion 91 of thenose bumper 90. A clear imager orsensor cover 93, covers the front and sides ofimager 94 and holds it to housing 92 byscrews 99 that are threaded intonuts 95 held in recesses on the inner surface ofbase portion 91 ofnose bumper 90. - As best shown in
FIGS. 1 and 5 ,housing 92 has rounded outer contours and defines a deep recess around theimager 94 and enclosingimager cover 93. In this way at least the sides, top and part of the bottom of the imager cover are surrounded, to protect it and the enclosedimager 94 from impacts. This is done without overly enlarging the profile of the unit and, importantly, while still satisfying NOCSAE standards. - As shown in
FIG. 7 ,nose bumper 90 also includes a circuit board recess below the location of the imager inhousing 92, for an imagerinterface circuit board 100 that is part of the overall electronics package of known design to be used with the invention. The video imaging and electronics package components to be integrated with the football helmet of the invention, are known to those skilled in the art and are not disclosed in detail here. - Preferably, the base and
housing portions cover 93 is made of clear SABIC polycarbonate HF1110R. - At least one, but preferably two
face guard connectors 96, such as standard plastic loop connectors or other forms of connector, connect thecenter bar 86 to theface guard 80 over thenose bumper 90 and to thefront portion 14 of theshell 12. For the preferred case where twoconnectors 96 are sued, they are on opposite sides on the video optics housing 92. Each are connected byscrews 98, extending through holes in theloop connectors 96 and throughholes 97 in thenose bumper 90, and are threaded to the nut portion of a T-nut of known design that is engaged in a corresponding hole in thefront portion 14 of thehelmet shell 12. See U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/526,077 for details of the loop connector, screw and T-nut structure for connecting face guards to helmets, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/716,769 filed Mar. 3, 2010 for details of an alternate quick turn connector for performing the same task, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/716,769 also being incorporated herein by reference. - A
battery housing 70 is connected to the inner surface of theshell 12, between, under and/or among some of the pads of the impact absorbingpad assembly 30, for supporting arectangular battery 71 inFIG. 14 , for the video system. Acircuitry housing 60 is connected to the shell, preferable near a lower edge of theback portion 20 by a pair of screws threaded into T-nuts in the shell as best shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 . A video camera printed circuitry board orvideo PCB 102, is provided in thehousing 60 and wiring is provided for connecting theimager 94 and thebattery housing 70 withbattery 71, to thevideo circuitry 102 as shown inFIGS. 8 and 14 . - As best shown in
FIGS. 4 , 11 and 12, thebattery housing 70 is made of ABS plastic and has a convex outer surface that is connected, for example by hook and loop fastening tabs to the inside concave surface of thehelmet 12, preferably to one side of thecrown 16 and toward the rear of the shell where it is least likely to interfere with the shock absorbing function of thepad assembly 30 in the vicinity of thebattery housing 70. The battery 71 (inFIG. 14 ), may be removed for charging to avoid interrupting use of the helmet by a player. - As best shown in
FIGS. 8 , 9, 10 and 11, thevideo circuitry housing 60 has a generally rectangular central portion defining a hollow void for receiving thevideo PCB 102 to complete the circuitry needed for video capture and saving. One ormore ports 67 are defined either in the bottom or top of the central portion ofhousing 60 to allow connection of power (if desired) and data cables for retrieving data and for charging the battery inhousing 70, for allowing insert and removal of memory cards such as an SD card or the like, and for control buttons.Housing 60 also includes acurved flange portion 61 with a concave inner surface that generally conforms to the outer convex surface of theback portion 20 ofshell 12. As examples and as shown inFIG. 10 , theports 67 include aport 67 a for accessing a record button, e.g. using a pen point, anSD card slot 67 b for an SD card (not shown), a retaininghole 67 c for an SD plug and anpower button port 67 d. A weather resistant rubber plug (not shown) plugs into the SD slot and one or more of the openings and ports inhousing 60 to protect the video circuitry, controls and memory components from the elements. - A pair of holes in
flange 61, on opposite sides of the central portion, receiverear housing screws 63, that extend through holes in the helmet shell and through corresponding holes in arear liner attachment 66 shown inFIG. 8 , and then are threaded into respective T-nuts 65 inside the helmet. A rear gasket 62 (shown inFIG. 11 but not inFIG. 8 ) is interposed betweenflange 61 and backportion 20 on the shell to help cushion the circuitry inhousing 60 from impacts to the helmet. A resilient rectangularrear housing pad 64, of ⅜″ polyether polyurethane foam is pressed into the void in the central portion of thehousing 60, between theshell 12 and the circuit board (not shown), to further secure the circuit board against impacts.Pad 64 extends in a corresponding rectangular opening ingasket 62 so that the pad engages directly against the shell surface. -
Housing 60 with its central portion and itsflange 61 are made of clear or translucent SABIC polycarbonate EXL1414T.Gasket 62 is make of black ⅛″ or ¼″ VN1485 with pressure sensitive adhesive.Rear liner 66 is made of white, polymeric, non-migrating PVC 85 Shore A. Thevideo circuitry housing 60 is transparent or translucent for viewing one or more LEDs on thevideo circuitry 102, the circuitry having or being painted to have a color to match a color of the outer surface of the helmet shell so it looks like a part of the helmet. - While a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
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