Baseball batter's helmet with adjustable protective padding system

a protective padding and baseball batter technology, applied in the field of protective helmets, can solve the problems of injury and even death, and players such as little league players do not have individually sized helmets
US20080092279A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-24CHIANG WEN TSAI
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
CHIANG WEN TSAI
Publication Date
2008-04-24
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A baseball batter's helmet includes a shell; a protective padding including crown and arcuate pads; an adjustment assembly including a split ring including two elongate end openings, a first toothed section formed on a top edge of one opening, a second toothed section formed on a bottom edge of the other opening, a rear plate including a recess having a toothed member and a transverse channel with the openings inserted thereinto to form a crossing relationship, a disk including a gear meshed with the toothed sections, and two opposite hooks engaged with the toothed member, and a rotatory knob mounted on the shell and secured to the disk, the split ring, and the rear plate; and a knob protector. Clockwise turning the knob to cause the openings to move toward each other by activating the gear mechanism will tighten the crown pad to decrease a diameter of the arcuate pad.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of Invention

[0002] The invention relates to protective helmets and more particularly to a baseball batter's helmet having a gear-based mechanism for adjusting a protective padding so as to accommodate different sizes of user's heads.

[0003] 2. Related Art

[0004] Baseball helmets are required for play because a hard thrown baseball striking a batter's head may cause injury and even death. Typically, helmets are available in different sizes and a player may purchase a fit one. However, some players such as Little League players do not have individually sized helmets due to financial cause. Thus, adjustable baseball batter's helmets are needed.

[0005] There have been numerous suggestions in prior patents for adjustable baseball batter's helmets. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,815,847 describes an one-size-fits-all helmet. In use, a wearer may pull strap end portions to tighten the entire strap which draws rear, forward, and side protective pad portions ...

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