Sizer means for helmets

Claim 1

IN A PROTECTIVE HELMET CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID OUTER HELMET SHELL AND INCLUDING A HEAD CRADLE WITHIN THE SHELL DEFINING AN AREA FOR RECEIVING THE WEARER''S HEAD AND FOR HOLDING THE HEAD IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE SHELL, SAID HEAD CRADLE BEING FORMED AT LEAST IN PART BY MEANS OF STRAPS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO SAID SHELL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING HEAD SIZER MEANS, MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING SAID SIZER MEANS TO SAID CRADLE STRAPS, SAID SIZER MEANS COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL ASSEMBLIES SECURED AS A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE LOCATION ON SAID STRAPS, EACH OF SAID SIZER MEANS INCLUDING A RESILIENT PAD PORTION ADAPTED TO BE LOCATED OVER THE INWARDLY FACING SURFACES OF SAID CRADLE WHEREBY THE PAD PORTION IS EFFECTIVE TO DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE HEAD RECEIVING AREA DEFINED BY THE CRADLE, AND A FLEXIBLE COVERING DISPOSED AROUND SAID RESILIENT PAD, AND WHEREIN SAID COVERING COMPRISES A BACK PORTION EXTENDING AROUND ONE OF SAID STRAPS AND SECURING SAID SIZER MEANS TO SAID STRAP.