WO2016207502A1

WO2016207502A1 - Transport device for helmet, in particular with a strap

Info

Publication number: WO2016207502A1
Application number: PCT/FR2016/050941
Authority: WO
Inventors: Patrick Barthelemy; Christine LATOUR-RAMOND; Nicolas-Alexandre BARTHELEMY
Original assignee: Pcb-Systeme Sas
Priority date: 2015-04-23
Filing date: 2016-04-21
Publication date: 2016-12-29
Also published as: FR3035310A1; FR3035310B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for transporting a helmet, in particular a motorbike or industrial safety helmet, including at least one hanging means (6), and an attachment means (14), characterised in that it includes at least two separate hanging means (6, 7), connected to one another by a substantially elongate linking element (2), the two opposing hanging means (6, 7) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substantially longitudinal direction of the linking element.

Description

TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR HELMET,

IN PARTICULAR A BELT

The invention relates to a device for transporting a helmet, including motorcycle, by attaching it to a fastener or substantially horizontal strap worn by the user around his waist, such as a trouser belt.

The device of the invention aims to free the user of the load on the one hand and the embarrassment on the other hand of the helmet, during his movements, especially on foot.

The invention will be more particularly described with regard to the transport of a motorcycle helmet, without being limited thereto, and can be applied to other types of helmet, such as a construction helmet.

There are devices to allow users of two wheels, including motorcycles, to move with their helmet. The most common is made of a kind of bag made of flexible material, provided with a closing link of the opening of the bag. This known bag is worn by passing the link on the shoulder, which is not convenient (the link is quite short because the helmet is found partly in the armpit), nor pleasant (the link of small diameter causes a cut-off sensation in the shoulder), and not even reliable (the link can slip from the shoulder to the arm and cause the bag and helmet to fall).

There are also backpacks designed to move with a helmet. However, these bags are bulky on the one hand, and require the user to carry a bag that he / she does not always need. The patent application FR2871662 discloses a fastening device with several straps for the maintenance of a helmet, and which comprises at least one loop for removably hooking a clipping means or carabiner to associate with the helmet. These straps allow to hang the helmet shoulder or in the manner of a backpack. This device with a plurality of straps is tedious to use.

The patent FR908626 discloses a fastening device comprising a rigid loop in which is able to be passed the belt, the loop having on the outside of the belt, a return U. The free branch of the U allows to slide a ring with a carabiner to attach the helmet. However, this device requires on the one hand a trouser belt, and on the other hand requires to remove his belt to put the buckle and then put his belt back, which is not practical and fast implementation.

FR2842085 discloses a device for hanging a helmet to a garment, in particular to pants, and having a fastener that can be associated directly to the pants, and another to the chinstrap of the helmet, and having the form of an inverted "U" or an "N".

However, the devices described by the patents above do not allow optimal stability of the helmet during a pedestrian movement, and cause a lack of comfort for the user.

The transport of a motorcycle helmet out of use during the user's pedestrian movements raises several problems. Users are looking for a device that is, or allows:

- to transport the helmet safely, in order to prevent it from falling, a fall on the ground which can dangerously affect the protective function of the helmet and thus the safety;

- Convenient and easy to install around the user's waist, and remove from it;

- held in position around the waist without the fastener slips;

- to have the helmet once hooked so as to interfere as little as possible movements and movements.

The object of the invention is to provide a device that meets all of these conditions.

For this purpose, the device for transporting a helmet, in particular a motorcycle or construction helmet, is in accordance with claim 1.

The two attachment means are arranged at each opposite end of the connecting element, at a constant distance from one another.

Thus, the attachment means allow to ensure a stable and reliable maintenance of the device on the size of the user, because they are kept at a distance from each other around the waist. In addition, the presence of two attachment points at the waist of the pants on which is intended to cooperate the two attachment means, allows to distribute the weight of the helmet on the belt and ensure a better stability of the helmet . In addition, the device installs quickly, by clinging directly to the height of the user, either on a garment, such as the edge of a pants, or on a strap or belt. Furthermore, the coplanety of the attachment means and the connecting element provides an extremely limited device in thickness, compact.

In a preferred embodiment, the hooking means form open hooks. Thus, it is not necessary to undo the belt beforehand since the device does not have to be threaded around the belt but only hooked.

Advantageously, the attachment means are integral with a substantially rigid connecting element, defining a separation distance between the attachment means of between 15 and 30 cm, and preferably of the order of 17 or 25 cm.

The separation distance defines, by convention, a so-called "longitudinal separation" direction between the two attachment means.

According to one characteristic, each hooking means forms a hook.

Each hook has a general U-shaped inverted, the opening of the U being intended to be turned towards the ground, in use.

More particularly, the hook comprises:

a first branch of said U integral with said connecting element (and substantially perpendicular to said connecting element);

a second branch of said U, with a free end; a third branch forming the bottom of said U and substantially parallel to the direction of longitudinal separation.

In use position the third branch is said horizontal upper branch.

Thus the hook has its first branch which ascends vertically from the connecting element, then develops horizontally by the upper horizontal branch and continues with the free end branch in the direction of the connecting element again.

Preferably, the free end of the second branch forms, with the longitudinal direction of the connecting element, an angle other than 90 °, and preferably the second free end branch is oriented towards the first branch to form an acute angle with the bottom of the U.

Thus, each hook has its free end facing the connecting element, and preferably configured by being inclined towards the base branch of the hook which is connected to the connecting element (the base branch of the hook corresponds to the first branch of the U in the aforementioned embodiment).

Each hook is coplanar with the connecting element, and is open with its opening opposite the opposite hook.

The open hook has its free end turned towards the connecting element. The free end forms a beak (hooking). This attachment means configuration makes it possible to securely fasten the device to the size / waistband of the pants, while being quick to install because the hooks are open. There is provided a boss at the junction between each attachment means and the connecting element, the boss remaining coplanar with the hooking means and the connecting element. This boss forms a stop preventing the accidental stall of each hook hooked to the garment. There is no need for any attachment system attached to secure the device to the user. The bosses advantageously prevent the device from slipping and even better guarantee its grip.

In another variant embodiment, the two attachment means each have a closed ring structure.

Preferably, the connecting element comprises a so-called upper part situated in the median zone and forming an outgrowth with respect to the longitudinal separation direction and towards the attachment means. The upper portion extends to a distance substantially at the height of the lower portion of the hooking means.

This protrusion widens the height of the connecting element in its median part, which makes it possible to keep the device pressed against the size of the user, in the part of the latter between the hooks and thus to prevent the pivoting of the device by position of use in a plane perpendicular to the vertical body of the user.

The upper part of the connecting element may have various geometrical shapes with curved and / or rectilinear lines, such as substantially round, substantially square or rectangular, or substantially triangular or trapezoidal, or even heart-shaped. Advantageously, this upper part also constitutes a location for affixing a graphic impression such as a logo, a mark, a drawing, etc.

The hooks forming the hooking means and the connecting element are on the one hand each plane, and on the other hand substantially coplanar. The bosses, at the junction of the hooks and the connecting element, are also coplanar with the connecting element, as well as the upper part of the connecting element. According to one characteristic, the attachment means and the connecting element form a single piece (monobloc). They form an assembly that is made of a rigid material and that is otherwise (slightly) flexible. The device is rigid, in particular for not bending and / or deforming by supporting the weight of a helmet, especially up to 3 kilos, and is nevertheless flexible (relatively flexible) to allow a slight twist of the hooks to the attach to the belt, and marry the shape of the user's body.

The device by the attachment means and the connecting element, is in the form of a single flat part, possibly curved to fit even better the body part of the user at the height of the hips.

Preferably the device is made of a plastic material such as polycarbonate, or relatively flexible / flexible composite material, of preferably its thickness being of the order of 2 to 7 mm. It is rigid while being flexible / flexible to ensure the hooks to be relatively flexible to impose a torsional force when hanging on the belt of the pants.

Its material is preferably non-brittle polycarbonate, guaranteeing safety for the user, so that in case of shock or accident, the device does not break and protects the user from any damage. By way of non-limiting example, the dimensions of the device are as follows: its length is of the order of 25 cm, its height of the order of 12 cm, and its thickness of about 3 mm.

In an alternative embodiment, the attachment means which the device is equipped to associate the helmet with the device, is an orifice, in which is intended to be introduced a strap or a carabiner.

In another alternative embodiment, the attachment means comprises a projecting shape extending in a plane transverse to the main extension plane of the connecting element.

The attachment means is thus for example formed of a protuberance integral with the connecting element, obtained during manufacture, for example by molding, or is reported by fixing means.

Advantageously, the protuberance comprises an annular groove adapted to receive or receive a removable ring or not, in particular an openable ring such as a carabiner, the latter being intended to hang the chinstrap of a helmet. Preferably, the annular groove is asymmetrical between its upper part and its lower part, the latter being wider, in a direction transverse to the plane of the connecting element, than the upper part, which is intended to allow angular deflection. preferably of 20 °, the carabiner, providing freedom of movement to the carabiner. Thus, the helmet can move during pedestrian movement but the device remains stable and pressed against the user, ensuring ease of use. Therefore, the invention provides a device for supporting and transporting a helmet that attaches easily and quickly, and allows the hands released during walking. In addition, at any time, the position of the helmet relative to the body of the user can be changed for greater ease and comfort after prolonged disposal; the device is moved around the user's waist by sliding and sliding the hooks around the waistband.

In the remainder of the description of the term "height", the qualifiers "superior", "lower", "high" and "low" of an element of the device are used as part of a normal installation of the device. that is, during normal use of the device, worn by a user substantially horizontally at waist level to hold his helmet suspended, the user being upright (standing) relative to a flat horizontal floor. The same is true of the "longitudinal" and "transverse" notions identified with respect to the longitudinal direction of a trouser belt worn by a user.

The present invention is now described with the aid of examples which are only illustrative and in no way limit the scope of the invention, and from the attached illustrations, in which: - Figure 1 shows a front view of the device attached to a trouser belt, out of use (without the helmet);

- Figure 2 is a view also front, of a variant of Figure 1, and associated with a carabiner;

- Figure 3 is a partial side view of Figure 1 of the central portion of the connecting element, showing the fastening means of the helmet;

- Figure 4 corresponds to Figure 3, a carabiner being associated with the attachment means of the device;

- Figure 5a is a perspective view of the device during use, attached to the waistband of a user's pants, on the side of the leg, and which is suspended a helmet;

FIG. 5b corresponds to FIG. 5a, the device having been turned on the back of the user's body to move the wearing of the helmet on the back of the thigh of the user;

- Figure 6 is a front view of another embodiment of Figure 1;

- Figure 7 is a front view of another embodiment of the device of the invention, with respect to the attachment means.

The device 1 of the invention illustrated in front of FIGS. 1 and 2, and shown in position attached to a belt A, consists of a monoblock element 1, which is, in the example shown (not limiting), plane and made of injected polycarbonate, transparent.

The monobloc element 1 comprises:

A substantially elongated portion 2 comprising:

o A central part 3

o A lateral part 4 left o A lateral part 5 right

- A left hook 6,

- A right hook 7,

- A fastening means 14 for attaching a helmet not shown in Figures 1 and 2

The elongate portion 2 forms a connecting element 2 between the left hooks 6 and right 7. The connecting element 2 has a so-called longitudinal separation direction.

The connecting element 2 is said to be "substantially elongated" because it extends along a general longitudinal axis X which is substantially horizontal in the position of use. This connecting element is not completely straight along the X axis, in particular the left 4 and right 5 parts may be slightly inclined downwards (opposite the hooks 6 and 7) with respect to this direction X such as shown in the variant of Figure 2.

The hooks constitute hooking means for the device after the belt A. The figure is a variant

The central part 3 of the element 1 comprises:

a lower portion 8 at the junction of the left lateral 4 and right 5 parts;

an upper part 9 whose role is explained below.

Each hook 6, 7 is generally inverted U-shaped, the opening of the U being intended to be turned towards the ground, in use. More particularly, each hook comprises: a first branch 6A, 7A of said U, connected to said connecting element 2;

a second branch 6B, 7B of said U, having a free end;

a third branch, forming the bottom 6C, 7C of said U and substantially parallel to the direction of longitudinal separation.

The interior of each U forms an open space 10, 1 1. In the preferred example shown, the second branch 6B, 7B forms, with the general longitudinal direction of the connecting element, an angle other than 90 °, and preferably the second branch 6B, 7B with a free end is oriented in the direction of the first branch 6A, 7A to form an acute angle with the bottom 6C, 7C of said U.

Thus, the two branches of the U 6A, 7A and 6B, 7B opposite are preferably not parallel, the second branch 6B, 7B being reentrant direction towards the open space 10, 1 1, ensuring a better plating of the hook 6 , 7 against the belt.

As shown in Figure 1, the device is hooked to the belt A, so that the first legs 6A, 7A is introduced behind the belt (so close to the user), the branches 6B and 7B free end being located in front of the belt against the latter.

There is a boss 12, 13 respectively, in the end section of each lateral portion 4 and 5 of the connecting element 2, close to the junction with each hook 6, 7. Each boss is located opposite and at the plumb with the open interior space 10, 1 1 of the corresponding hook. These bosses each form a stop preventing the accidental stall of each hook attached to the garment.

The two lateral parts 4 and 5 of the connecting element 2 each comprise a tapered zone 4A, 5A, of smaller height, intended to allow the connection element to be bent slightly and thus to facilitate the passage of the first branches 6A, 7A behind. the belt.

The constituent material of the monoblock element of the invention is chosen to be resistant to the point of not breaking, while allowing a slight elastic flexibility.

The hooks 6 and 7 are separated from each other by a separation distance which defines, by convention, the so-called "longitudinal separation" direction between the two hooks.

The separation distance is advantageously less than the distance between two loops or belt loops on pants. In the example shown, the separation distance is measured:

- or between the extreme points of the device, that is to say the distance "D" between the dashed segments "a" and "b";

- or between the "between axes" of the hooks, in the middle of the U, that is to say the distance "d" between the dashed segments "c" and "e".

D = 25 cm and d = 19 cm, in the example shown.

This distance and kept constant by the connecting element 2. The height of the device is of the order of 12 cm between the upper end of the hooks 6 and 7, the lower end of the lower portion 8. FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the device of the invention, this variant relative to FIG. 1 being distinguished at the level of the geometrical shape given to the upper part 9, and by a more pronounced inclination of the left and right parts 5 with respect to the axis X. This FIG. 2 also illustrates a carabiner 16 removably associated with the fastener means 14.

Referring to Figures 1 and 3, the device comprises, in the lower end of the central portion 3, the fastening means 14 which is intended to be attached a helmet (not shown).

FIG. 5a illustrates the device 1 carried by a user B, the helmet C being suspended from the device 1 for its transport. User B wears on his pants D a belt A around the waist and held by the passers E of the pants. The helmet C is hooked by means of fastener 14 arranged in the lower part of the device 1. The helmet C is held suspended by its chin strap F to the carabiner 16 hooked by the attachment means 14. The helmet C remains in place against the thigh G of the user. At any time, the position of the helmet relative to the body of the user can be changed for greater ease and comfort after for example an extended disposition on the side. The device is then moved around the size of the user by sliding and sliding the hooks around the belt, the helmet remaining hooked during movement, for example to the rear as shown in Figure 5b. Said attachment means comprises in this case a member 14 projecting from the plane of the device. The thickness of the device (in a plane horizontal and transverse to the X axis) is adapted to make the device both mechanically resistant and flexible enough for its association with the belt. The thickness of the device as shown in Figure 3 is uniform except for the attachment means 14. The thickness is for example of the order of 3 to 5 mm.

The attachment means is for example formed of a protrusion 14 secured to the connecting element 2 during manufacture, for example by molding, or is reported by fixing means. In a preferred embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the member 14 comprises an annular groove 15 able to receive or receive a removable ring, in particular an openable ring such as a carabiner 16 (FIG. 4), the latter being intended to hang the chinstrap of a helmet as illustrated in Figure 5a.

The annular groove 15 is asymmetrical, in that it has in the upper portion 15A a width (transverse to the plane of the connecting element 2) smaller than the width in the lower part 15B, which allows an angular deflection oc, of preferably 20 °, the carabiner 16 between two extreme positions 16A and 16B, as shown in Figure 4. This provides freedom of movement to the carabiner. Thus, the helmet can move during pedestrian movement but the device remains stable and pressed against the user, ensuring ease of use. The upper part 9 of the device (FIGS. 1 and 2) is central and positioned between the two hooks 6 and 7. It forms a coplanar protrusion with the main plane of the connecting element, extending in height with respect to the X axis of the connecting element, in particular up to a height corresponding substantially to that of the free ends of the second branches 6B and 7B of the hooks.

The upper part 9 is intended to remain in front of the belt. It serves as a stop for the device. It prevents the device from turning around, and ensures the device to stay in a vertical plane, pressed against the user / trice. It is also a possible location for any inscription (drawing, text, etc.), which can be printed on the central part as a whole. Figure 1 shows a graphic impression in the form of a motorcycle helmet.

The upper portion 9 may have various geometric shapes to curved lines and / or rectilinear, such as substantially round, substantially square or rectangular, or substantially triangular or trapezoidal, or even heart-shaped. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate two respective variants of form. Figure 6 illustrates yet another variant.

In another embodiment as shown in Figure 7, the two attachment means 6 and 7 each have a closed ring structure. This embodiment is not preferred because it requires to undo his belt to pass in the two rings. Nevertheless, the device retains its other characteristics, in particular the connecting element extending in length horizontally to ensure a certain separation distance between the fastening means, so as to ensure a snap and a firm and stable holding of the device to the size of the user when the headset is suspended from the device, while not disturbing the user during his movements.

Claims

Device for transporting (1) a helmet, in particular a motorcycle or construction helmet, comprising:

an attachment means (14),

at least two separate attachment means (6, 7) connected to one another by a substantially elongated connecting element (2), the two opposite hooking means (6, 7) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substantially longitudinal direction of the connecting element,

characterized in that the hooking means are each plane and substantially coplanar with the connecting element.

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the two attachment means (6, 7) are arranged at each opposite end of the connecting element (2), at a constant distance from one another, in particular the separation distance being between 15 and 30 cm, preferably between 17 and 25 cm.

Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that each attachment means (6, 7) forms a hook.

Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that each hook (6, 7) has a generally U-shaped inverted, the opening of the U being intended to be turned towards the ground, in use, in particular the hook comprises a first branch (6A, 7A) of said U integral with said connecting element (2), a second branch (6B, 7B) of said free-end U, and a third branch (6C, 7C) forming the bottom of said U and connecting the first and second branches, and substantially parallel to the direction of longitudinal separation.

Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the free end of the second leg (6B, 7B) forms, with the longitudinal direction of the connecting element, an angle other than 90 °, preferably the second leg (6B , 7B) with a free end being oriented towards the first leg (6A, 7A) to form an acute angle with the bottom (6C, 7C) of the U.

Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a boss (12, 13) at the junction between each hooking means (6, 7) and the connecting element (2), the boss being coplanar by means of hooking and the connecting element.

Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the two attachment means (6, 7) each have a closed ring structure.

Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting element (2) comprises a so-called upper part (9) situated in the median zone and forming an outgrowth with respect to the longitudinal separation direction and towards the fastening means (6, 7), preferably this upper part extending to a distance substantially at the height of the lower portion of the fastening means, in particular this upper part constituting a location for affixing a graphic impression therein such as a logo, a mark, a drawing.

9. Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the fastening means (14) is formed of a protuberance extending in a plane transverse to the plane of the connecting element, in particular the protuberance comprising an annular groove adapted to receive or receive a removable ring or not, such as a carabiner type open ring, preferably the annular groove being asymmetrical between its upper part and its lower part, the latter being wider, in a transverse direction to the plane of the connecting element, than the upper part.

10. Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the attachment means and the connecting element form a single flat part, possibly curved.

1 1. Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the attachment means and the connecting element are made of a rigid material and are flexible.

12. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is made of a plastic material such as polycarbonate or relatively flexible composite material, preferably its thickness being of the order of 2 to 7 mm.