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Protective helmet
Assignee: ROMER GmbH
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Filing: 1983-07-29
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Granted: 1985-09-03
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Expires: 2003-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A protective helmet, e.g. a motorcycle helmet has a chinpiece below its visor which defines an air passage with a member behind this chinpiece, permitting air to flow from an opening in this chinpiece uniformly over the interior of a visor to prevent fogging thereof by moisture.
Inventors
- 👤 Willibald Schnitzler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 06:32
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/28; A42B3/18; A42B3/22; A42B3/24; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S2/00; Y10S2/908; Y10S2/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A protective helmet comprising: an impact-resistant shell adapted to substantially fully enclose the head of a user and including a chinpiece having upper and lower edges, said shell being formed with a window frontwardly of the location at which the face of a user would be disposed upon wearing of the helmet, with said upper edge of said chinpiece defining the lower boundary of said window; a visor mounted on said shell for closing said window; at least one air inlet opening formed in said chinpiece; and a shaped member in said shell lying along and rearwardly of said chinpiece, said member and said chinpiece being spaced from each other to define therebetween at least one upwardly open passage for air entering through said air inlet opening to flow along, said member having its frontwardly directed surface shaped to guide said air and direct it, upon leaving said passage, upwardly and substantially uniformly over the rearwardly directed surface of said visor over the full expanse of said window for inhibiting fogging of said visor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A protective helmet comprising: an impact-resistant shell adapted to substantially fully enclose the head of a user and including a chinpiece having upper and lower edges, said shell being formed with a window frontwardly of the location at which the face of a user would be disposed upon wearing of the helmet, with said upper edge of said chinpiece defining the lower boundary of said window; a visor mounted on said shell for closing said window; at least one air inlet opening formed in said chinpiece; and a shaped member in said shell lying along and rearwardly of said chinpiece, said member and said chinpiece being spaced from each other to define therebetween at least one upwardly open passage for air entering through said air inlet opening to flow along, said member having its frontwardly directed surface shaped to guide said air and direct it, upon leaving said passage, upwardly and substantially uniformly over the rearwardly directed surface of said visor over the full expanse of said window for inhibiting fogging of said visor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member has a lower edge bearing against said lower edge of said chinpiece.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 2 wherein said member is provided with at least one projection extending therefrom in the direction of said chinpiece and bearing against the latter, to interrupt the space between a portion of said member and said chinpiece at the location of said projection and thereby to form a plurality of passages between said member and said chinpiece.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 3 wherein said member is provided with a plurality of said projections spaced laterally of each other across the width of said member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member is provided with tongues receivable in slits formed in said shell for removably mounting said member on said shell.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member has an upper edge projecting above said upper edge of said chinpiece and formed with a spoiler-like bend toward said visor for deflecting air thereover.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The protective helmet as defined in claim 1 wherein said member has over at least a portion of its frontward surface directed toward said chinpiece, an aerodynamic shape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member has an upper edge and is constituted of two mutually overlapping and relatively shiftable elements enabling adjustment of the upper edge of said member relative to said chinpiece.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 7 wherein one of said elements is of double-wall construction and clampingly receives the other element between the walls thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member has a lower edge provided with a groove adapted to receive a bead of a windshield.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member is padded.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The protective helmet defined in claim 1 wherein said member defines with said chinpiece a plenum from which said passages extend upwardly.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-09-02 | 1993-03-04 | 1993-09-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-09-02 | 1997-03-04 | 1997-09-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |