Safety helmet

Abstract

A protective helmet of the type comprising a shell provided with a chin guard and with an opening for a visor, one or more shock absorbing layers, internally coupled to said shell and to said chin guard, and to one or more paddings within said one o more shock absorbing layers, as well as at least one support mask for one shock absorbing layer of the chin guard, said at least one support mask comprising holding means for said shock absorbing layer of the chin guard, and hooking means to the chin guard and / or the shell, characterized in that said at least one support mask comprises further temporary coupling means of at least said one or more paddings.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This Application claims the benefit of priority from European Patent Application No. 10425314.1 filed on Sep. 27, 2010, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a protective helmet, particularly for motorcyclists, of the type comprising a shell with a chin guard and an opening for a corresponding visor, one or more shock absorbing layers internally coupled to the shell and to the corresponding chin guard, and one or more paddings placed within said shock absorbing layers, as well as at least one support mask for the shock absorbing layer of the chin guard, wherein said internal support mask comprises holding means for the shock absorbing layer of the chin guard and mechanical hooking means to said chin guard.PRIOR KNOWN ART[0003]It is known art to constrain the shock absorbing layer of a protective helmet, normally made of polystyrene foam (EPS), directly to the...

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Benefits of technology

"The protective helmet described in this patent has a chin guard and an opening for a visor, as well as shock absorbing layers and paddings inside the shock absorbing layers. The helmet also has an internal support mask for the shock absorbing layer of the chin guard. The support mask has temporary coupling means for the paddings, which simplifies the design of the helmet and reduces the number of components. The support mask can also have ducts for air flow and constraining means for additional external accessories of the helmet. The technical effects of this design are improved stability and efficiency of the helmet during use, as well as easier assembly and reduced costs."

Problems solved by technology

As first, the surface cover layer, for both intrinsic technological limits of the process of overprinting along with the production process of the shock absorbing layer in EPS of the chin guard, leads to a final unit weight which may be excessive.

Secondly, the productivity of this technique is rather low, given the long time needed to perform overprinting and the further processing of burr removal.

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