Patent · US Active

Sports helmet

US8938818B2 · kind B2 · utility

41Cited by

208References

65Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Riddell, Inc. · US

Inventors

Thad M. Ide · Des Plaines, US
Ralph Infusino · Bloomingdale, US
Nelson Kraemer · Des Plaines, US
Christopher R. P. Withnall · Ottawa, CA
Timothy D. Bayne · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/75
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A football helmet includes a plastic shell having an offset band extending around a rear region of the shell and above the lower edge surface of the shell. The offset band includes an offset band wall having an inner band surface offset from an inner shell wall surface, and an outer band surface offset from and outer shell wall surface. A pair of angled transition walls extends between the offset band wall and a rear region of the shell. The shell also includes a raised central band integrally formed as part of the shell and extending across the crown region to the rear region.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.