Air control pads and system for an helmet and helmet equipped with same.

Abstract

An air control pad for an helmet is provided. The helmet for use with the air control pad comprises an outer shell having an inside surface facing a head of a person when wearing the helmet, an inner liner surrounding the head of the user when wearing the helmet and operatively mounted to the helmet outer shell, a chin bar disposed below the face visor, the chin bar having an inside surface facing toward the person when wearing the helmet and a breath guard. The inner liner generally having an inner face forming a curved surface for receiving the head of the user when wearing the helmet and a substantially transparent face visor attached to the helmet outer shell. The air control pad is preferably embodied as a flexible element extending upwardly and / or inwardly from the helmet inner liner on the right and / or left inner side of the face visor or goggles. The flexible element is configured to be in contact with the face edge of the breath guard and the inner liner.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]There are no cross-related applications.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to helmet for motor vehicles and motorsports, particularly to an internal helmet padding for mounting onto an inner side of an impact absorbing liner in the helmet.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]A safety helmet for riding a vehicle is constituted by fitting an impact absorbing liner comprising styrene foam or the like to an inner side of an outer shell and fixedly adhering an interior body (cushion pad) formed by covering a surface of a cushion material made of foamed urethane or the like by a cloth compatible with the skin at a predetermined portion on an inner side of the impact absorbing liner.[0004]The interior body impact absorbing liner, is usually constituted by forming a core material of a rigid plate in a ring-like shape and by covering it with a cushion material which is itself covered by a cloth in those areas which are...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a solution to the problem of breath vapor flow from the helmet breath box to the goggles or face visor and resulting in fogging. The solution is the use of an air control pad that is inserted between the breath guard and inner liner. The air control pad aims to reduce the breath vapor flow, thus preventing fogging and ensuring better air control within the helmet breath box.

Problems solved by technology

Breath guards are useful but lack the ability to provide an adequate fit for several users in part due to the particular configuration of such users head, cheeks, nose and / or chin.

However, air masks are known to be of lower comfort to the user.

Furthermore, not all users desire having an air mask on their face while wearing an helmet.

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