Fireman's helmet with integral front and rear lights

Claim 1

A helmet including an integral light assembly comprising: a helmet including a surrounding wall structure having an opening formed therein and defining a head receiving area within the helmet: a light assembly integrally mounted within the opening formed within the side wall structure; said light assembly including an outer lens disposed within a plane that lies closely adjacent the outer surface of the surrounding wall structure, a light bulb, and a light bulb holding frame extending inwardly from the opening within the side wall structure such that it projects into the space of the head receiving area; a battery pack disposed within the head receiving area of the helmet; switch means mounted to said helmet and operatively interconnected between the light bulb assembly and the battery pack for actuating the same; and including a clock integrally formed within the structure of the firemen's helmet whereby actuating the clock at a selected time enables one to determine an elapsed time from the time of actuation thereby enabling one to determine how long a fireman has been exposed to a dangerous situation; a flasher; a locator defined by said light assembly, said battery pack, flasher, switch means and clock being interconnected by wires which fit into grooves which are molded into the helmet; said switch means, said battery pack and said light assembly being fitted in recesses in the wall structure of said helmet; and an impact switch operatively connected to said flasher for providing an indication said helmet has been impacted.