Safety harness for a helmet

Claim 2

In combination, a crash helmet for motor cyclists or the like having an opening on each side thereof adjacent the lower edge of the helmet and a centrally disposed opening at the rear of the helmet adjacent the lower edge thereof and having a chin strap, a safety harness cooperating with the chin strap for securing said helmet on the head of the cyclist to prevent accidental dislodgement of the helmet from the head of the cyclist during an accident comprising a fastening element secured in each side opening of the helmet, a flexible shoulder strap for engaging over each shoulder of the cyclist, a flexible connecting strap removably and swivelly secured to each said fastening element and to each shoulder strap, a flexible chest strap to which the opposite ends of each shoulder strap is attached, a rear fastening element secured in the rear central opening of the helmet, a flexible back strap removably and swivelly secured at one end to said rear fastening element and at its other end to said chest strap, a flexible waist strap for encircling the waist of the cyclist, a right and left side flexible strap each secured at one end to said chest strap and at their opposite ends to said waist strap and a second flexible back strap secured at one end to said chest strap and at its other end to said waist strap.

Claim 3

For use with a motorcycle crash helmet or the like having integral opposing sides, top and back with the sides having spaced apart front edges that define a face opening and with the sides and back having free bottom edges and said helmet having a chin strap provided with opposing ends attached to the sides adjacent their front edges, a safety body harness comprising flexible strap means adapted to be fastened around the upper torso of the body of a wearer of the helmet, flexible shoulder straps adapted to fit over the shoulders of a wearer and having opposing front and back ends adjustably connected to the front and back of the torso encircling flexible strap means, flexible connecting straps connected to the shoulder straps and extending upwardly from about the middle thereof, means removably and swivelly attaching said connecting straps to the sides of the helmet rearwardly of the front edges thereof and adjacent the bottom edges of the sides, a flexible back strap connected to the back of the torso encircling strap means substantially at the middle thereof and means removably and swivelly connecting the back strap to the back of the helmet adjacent the bottom edge thereof and substantially at the middle thereof whereby said straps connect the sides and back of the helmet to the torso encircling strap means and exert a downward and rearward pull on the worn helmet about its transverse and longitudinal axes to bring the chin strap into firm engagement with the under surface of the chin of a wearer so that accidental dislodgement of the helmet from the head of a wearer is prevented.

Claim 4

For use with a motorcycle crash helmet or the like having integral opposing sides, top and back with the sides having spaced apart front edges that define a face opening and with the sides and back having free bottom edges and said helmet having a chin strap provided with opposing ends attached to the sides adjacent their front edges, a safety body harness comprising flexible strap means adapted to be fastened around the upper torso of the body of a wearer of the helmet, flexible shoulder straps adapted to fit over the shoulders of a wearer and having opposing front and back ends adjustably connected to the front and back of the torso encircling flexible strap means, flexible connecting straps connected to the shoulder straps and extending upwardly from about the middle thereof, means removably and swivelly attaching said connecting straps to the sides of the helmet rearwardly of the front edges thereof and adjacent the bottom edges of the sides, a flexible back strap connected to the back of the torso encircling strap means substantially at the middle thereof and means removably and swivelly connecting the back strap to the back of the helmet adjacent the bottom edge thereof and substantially at the middle thereof whereby said straps connect the sides and back of the helmet to the torso encircling strap means and exert a downward and rearward pull on the worn helmet about its transverse and longitudinal axes to bring the chin strap into firm engagement with the under surface of the chin of a wearer so that accidental dislodgement of the helmet from the head of a wearer is prevented.

Claim 5

The invention of claim 2 wherein said torso encircling strap means includes an adjustable flexible waist encircling strap having a front and rear portion, an adjustable flexible chest encircling strap having a front and rear portion, adjustable flexible vertical straps connecting the front portions of the waist and the chest straps, and an adjustable flexible vertical strap connecting the rear portions of the waist and the chest straps substantially at the middle thereof.

Claim 6

The invention of claim 3 wherein said back ends of the shoulder straps and the lower end of the back strap are attached at a common point to the rear portion of the chest strap substantially at the middle thereof.

Claim 7

The invention of claim 2 wherein said means removably and swivelly attaching the connecting straps to the sides of the helmet and for removably and swivelly attaching the back strap to the back of the helmet includes rings fastened to the helmet sides and back, said sides and back having transverse openings, screw means fitted in said openings for attaching the rings to the helmet and said straps having upper ends provided with snap hooks adapted to engage in the rings.