Position specific protective sports helmet
US12268270B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2023 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2031/4821
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention relates to a protective sports helmet purposely designed using a multi-step method for a selected group of helmet wearers from amongst a larger population of helmet wearers. The protective sports helmet can be a position specific American football helmet that includes a shell, a facemask coupled to the shell, and an energy attenuation assembly configured to be positioned within the shell. The specific playing position can be a football quarterback such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a rear portion of the inventive helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed by a frontal portion of that helmet from the same impact applied thereto. Alternatively, the specific playing position can be a football lineman such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a front portion of the helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed from the same type of impact applied to a front portion of a non-position specific American football helmet.
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