Helmet with quick release means for storing goggles thereon

Claim 1

That improvement in a one piece rigid fireman''s helmet of the type having a continuous wide brim encircling the base of the helmet crown, a pair of goggles having transparent lens plate means embraced by a wide supple elastomeric shroud having flexible edges contoured to seat aginst juxtaposed surfaces of the user''s face and temples, elastic band means having the opposite end portions connected to said shroud adjacent a respective one of the temple engaging portions thereof and sized to hold said goggles firmly over the eyes independently of said helmet, and said goggles and helmet including elastomeric means adjacent the temple contacting portions at the opposite ends of said goggles including readily engageable and separable fastener means including fastener means secured to either side of the rearwardly facing portion of the helmet crown for storing said goggles when not being worn fixedly and detachably astride the exterior of the rearwardly facing portion of said crown in an area closely overlying said brim with the edges of said supple shroud held snugly pressed against said crown and with the major portion of said elastic band means fully relaxed and captively concealed between the rear exterior of said crown and said goggle face plate means and circumscribed by said shroud.