Video camera housing for football helmet

a football helmet and video camera technology, applied in the field of sports helmets, can solve the problems of voiding the manufacturer's warranty, so as to achieve the effect of not affecting the safety of the helmet and significantly changing the profile of the helm

Active Publication Date: 2015-09-24
SCHUTT SPORTS IP LLC
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[0006]It is an object of the present invention to provide a video camera capacity to a football helmet without impairing the safety of the helmet and without significantly changing the helmet's profile from all angle.
[0009]An still further object of the invention is to provide a football helmet with integrated video system that is simple in design, rugged in construction and that satisfies the requirements for football helmet standards.

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This may endanger the wearer, degrade the function of the helmet and void the helmet's manufacturer's warranty.

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[0026]Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements, FIGS. 1 to 4 show a football helmet with integrated video system that comprises a rigid shell 12 adapted to cover the head of a wearer. The rigid shell has an outer surface and an inner surface, and includes a front portion 14 with a convex outer surface, a crown portion 16, a pair of opposite side portions 18, and a back portion 20. An impact absorbing pad assembly 30 is removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell and a comfort liner assembly 40 is removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly.

[0027]U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 526,077 filed Jun. 18, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses additional details of an embodiment of a impact absorbing pad assembly and comfort liner assembly that can be used with the invention.

[0028]The helmet includes a face guard 80 comprising a c...

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Football helmet with video system has a rigid shell with front and back portions. An impact absorbing pad assembly and underlying comfort liner assembly are removably attached in the shell. A face guard of connected bars has a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell by one or more connectors with a nose bumper between the center bar and the shell. The nose bumper has a concave inner surface engaged flat against a convex outer surface of the front portion and a video optics housing extending forwardly of the nose bumper and containing an imager. A battery housing is connected in the shell for a battery, a circuitry housing is connected to the shell for video camera circuitry and wiring connects the imager and the battery housing to the video circuitry.

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FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to the field of sports helmets, and in particular, to a new and useful video camera housing and helmet combination for a football helmet that meets National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) standards and is otherwise specially suited to use on the football field.[0002]All professional and scholastic level football helmets must meet NOCSAE standards. In view of these stringent requirements, care must be take before adding or removing structures to such helmets.[0003]U.S. Pat. No. 6,819,354 to Foster et al., assigned to Omnivision Technologies, Inc. and entitled Completely integrated helmet camera, discloses a camera housing mountable to a helmet. The camera housing contains a single-chip image sensor and includes an attaching unit that is structured to allow the camera housing to be attached to an existing structure of the helmet, such as to a face mask of a helmet. The ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/225A42B3/12A42B3/20A42B3/04
CPCA63B2243/007A42B3/30H04N5/2253A42B3/20H04N5/2252A42B3/0406A42B3/125H04N5/2257A42B3/042H04N23/51H04N23/57H04N23/54
Inventor MUSEC, JEFF J.VAN HOUTIN, LEONARD E.VAN HOUTIN, LOUIS A.
Owner SCHUTT SPORTS IP LLC
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