Safety helmet liner and assembly

Claim 1

A LINER FOR A SAFETY HELMET OF THE TYPE HAVING AN OUTER HARD SHELL AND AN INNER HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE SWEATBAND AND A PLURALITY OF CROWN STRAPS INTERCONNECTED THEREWITH ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SHELL AT A SPACED POSITION FROM THE WEARER''S HEAD, SAID LINER BEING ADAPTED TO FIT ANY HEAD SIZE AND TO COVER THE SIDES OF THE HEAD DOWN TO THE NECK BELOW THE EARS COMPRISING A CROWN PORTION AND A DEPENDING FLAP PORTION FORMED THERWITH, AN ELONGATED STRETCH FABRIC SECTION EXTENDING CENTRALLY ACROSS SAID CROWN PORTION IN A FORE AND AFT DIRECTION AND DOWN THROUGH SAID FLAP PORTION TO THE BASE THEREOF, SIDE PANELS IN SAID LINER JOINED TO RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SECTION, MEANS ON SAID LINER ADAPTED FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID LINER WITH THE HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, RESPECTIVE INSULATING FABRIC LINING MEMBERS AFFIXED TO SAID SIDE PANELS, EACH SIDE PANEL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN COVERED BY A PORTION OF ITS LINING MEMBER AND LOCATED AT THE EAR COVERING PORTION OF SAID LINER, AND SPRING MEANS AT THE BASE OF SAID LINER FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID FLAP PORTION IN ALTERNATE POSITIONS AROUND THE NECK AND OVER A PORTION OF SAID HELMET, SAID SPRING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPRING STEEL WIRES TWISTED AROUND ONE ANOTHER.