Protective headgear

Claim 1

A helmet comprising a shell, a plurality of cushion pads each of selective thickness to provide a specific sizing attached to said shell interior and including separate frontal, posterior, side and crown pads, said crown pad having a longitudinal axis extending from said frontal pad to said posterior pad, said side pads including end portions juxtaposed respectively the end portions of said frontal and posterior pads, said pads including a cover conforming to the curvature of said pads and having an inner face juxtaposed the wearer''s head and an outer face juxtaposed said shell interior, a cushion filling within said cover, said cushion filling comprising a composite body including a first layer of resilient material adjacent said cover outer face and a second layer of resilient material adjacent said cover inner face, said filling first layer material of greater densIty and greater thickness than said filling second layer material, said cushion filling including means adjacent the cover inner and outer faces permitting of molding said pad to provide a pad having a curvature with said cover forming a tight fit therewith, and said means includes a plurality of slices through the outer face of said first layer and a plurality of grooves in the inner face of said second layer whereby said slices permit a convex curvature of said cushion filling outer face and said grooves allow a concave curvature of said cushion filling inner face with said cover forming creases within said grooves.