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Collapsible helmet

US5628071A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
33References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1995
Grant dateMay 13, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA42B3/322
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A collapsible helmet including a left arched member and a right arched member, each of the left and right arched members has a front portion and a rear portion, the front portions of the left and right arched members being hingedly attached at a front attachment point and the rear portions of the left and right arched members being hingedly attached at a rear attachment point, thereby forming a substantially elliptic headcover surrounding the left and the right head hemispheres of a wearer when the helmet being deployed in its operative position, and a middle arched member, the middle arched member has a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion of the middle arched member being hingedly attached at the front attachment point to the left and right arched members, the rear portion of the middle arched member being hingedly attached at the rear attachment point to the left and right arched members, the middle arched member extending longitudinally across the crown of a wearer when the helmet being deployed in its operative position so as to define a head protecting shell and lying substantially co-centered with said left and right arched members, when the helmet being deplo…

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