Badge-mounting device for protective helmet
US8615911B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F3/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A protective helmet of a type worn by a firefighter or by an emergency worker, wherein the protective helmet is equipped with a mounting device, by which a badge having a front face bearing indicia is mounted to the protective helmet. The mounting device comprises a fitment, which is mounted to the protective helmet and which has a recess opening downwardly and receiving an upper portion of the badge, the upper portion comprising an upper end of the badge. The mounting device comprises a blade, which is mounted to the protective helmet and which has a portion extending upwardly along a back face of the badge as far as the upper edge of the badge, or farther. The badge may be predominantly made of leather. The blade is a leaf spring, which biases the badge frontwardly.
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