Safety helmet head suspension

Claim 1

A SAFETY HELMET COMPRISING AN INVERTED BOWL-SHAPED SHELL HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END AND A HEAD SUPPORTING CRADLE ARRANGED WITHIN THE SHELL, THE CRADLE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED HEAD BAND ADAPTED TO ENCIRCLE AND CLOSELY RECEIVE A HUMAN HEAD AND BEING FORMED OF A THIN, STIFF, BUT RELATIVELY RESILIENT SHEET MATERIAL; SAID HEAD BAND HAVING A FORWARD PAIR AND A REAR PAIR OF OPPOSITELY ALIGNED INTEGRAL TABS, EACH TAB EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE THE UPPER EDGE OF THE HEAD BAND A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AND BEING WIDENED IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION AT ITS UPPER END AND BEING INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE HEAD BAND BY A NARROW PORTION, THE WIDENED PORTIONS OF THE TWO PAIRS OF TABS BEING ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE HUMAN HEAD AT LOCATIONS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE TOP THEREOF; A SNAP FASTENER HALF SECURED UPON THE WIDENED PORTION OF EACH OF SAID TABS AND BEING NORMALLY CONNECTED TO A CORRESPONDING SNAP FASTENER HALF SECURED TO THE SHELL, THE FOUR SNAP FASTENERS FORMING THE ONLY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CRADLE AND THE SHELL; EACH TAB HAVING A CLOTH LOOP PERMANENTLY SECURED THERETO BY ITS RESPECTIVE SNAP FASTENER HALF, THE FREE ENDS OF THE FOUR LOOPS BEING JOINED TOGETHER BY A CORD PASSING THROUGH EACH OF THEM, THE LOOPS THUS FORMING UPPER EXTENSIONS OF THE TABS TO FORM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CRADLE AND BEING ADAPTED TO REST UPON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HUMAN HEAD.