Segmented Forehead Support Band for Helmet Padding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing work and sports helmets with padded headbands face difficulties in removing, applying, or replacing padding due to complexity and lack of aeration at the forehead contact area, leading to inefficient maintenance and discomfort.
Innovation Solution
A forehead support band with a flexible structure featuring an interspace and snap-fit engagement system, allowing for easy padding replacement and enhanced aeration through grid-shaped bodies with openings for air passage and adjustable spacer elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the headband is provided with paddings applied by means of numerous adhesive or Velcro elements, then the contact between the headband and user's head is softened, but the removal and application of the paddings becomes complicated, hard and long to perform
Solution Approach 1:
The headband is divided into a front portion and side portions that are detachably connected. The padding is applied only to the front portion, which can be easily separated from the side portions. This segmentation allows the padding to be quickly removed and replaced without dealing with the entire headband structure, resolving the contradiction between maintaining comfortable contact and enabling easy padding maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The padding is extracted as a separate, removable component attached only to the front portion of the headband. The front portion itself can be detached from the side portions, allowing the padding to be easily accessed and removed without adhesive or Velcro elements. This extraction approach simplifies padding maintenance while preserving the softening function during use.
2Ease of operation
If the whole headband adheres on the head of the users, then the fit is improved, but the aeration of the parts in contact with the band is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The headband is segmented into a front portion and side portions that can be detachably connected. This segmentation creates an interspace between the portions when attached, allowing air circulation to the forehead area while maintaining the securing function of the side portions. The front portion can still provide soft contact comfort, but the overall structure enables aeration that a continuous headband would prevent.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the structure comprises an interspace between the first and second portions, then the aeration at the contact area is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interspace is created through segmentation of the headband into detachable front and side portions, rather than adding complex aeration mechanisms. The simplicity of the segmented structure allows easy assembly and disassembly while providing effective air circulation space between the portions and the user's forehead. This approach achieves improved aeration without significantly increasing structural complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a forehead support band (1) for helmets (3), in particular work or sports protective helmets (3), comprising a structure (2) elongated and flexible so as to assume an arched configuration in the mounted condition on a helmet (3). The structure (2) has a first portion (4) intended to permanently face, from the inside, towards the front part (3a) of a helmet (3) on which the forehead support band (1) is mounted and a second portion (5) adapted to engage a user's forehead when the helmet (3) is being used. The portions (4, 5) of the structure (2) are removably engaged. The portions (4, 5) of the structure (2) are disengageable to allow the separation of the same or the temporary removal of the second portion (5) or the replacement of the second portion (5) with another second portion (5) identical to the removed one or different from the removed one.