Patent ID: 11889883
Assignee: BELL SPORTS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  Y | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A protective sports helmet to be worn by a player while playing a sports activity, the protective sports helmet comprising:
a helmet shell configured to receive a head of the player; and
an energy attenuation layer removably positioned within the helmet shell, wherein the energy attenuation layer includes:
(i) an outer surface that resides adjacent to an inner surface of the helmet shell,
(ii) an inner surface that resides adjacent to an outer surface of a player's head when the protective sports helmet is worn by the player, and
(iii) wherein said outer surface and said inner surface define a thickness of the energy attenuation layer that is configured to ensure that when the protective sports helmet is worn by the player, the player's head does not extend through an extent of a helmet safety standard associated with the helmet shell.