Patent ID: 9433253
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A42B

Claim Text:
1. A visor assembly for use with a helmet comprising: a visor supported by the helmet and including a visor body having a topside, an underside opposite the topside and an opening in the body disposed between the topside and the underside, the visor supported on the helmet and extending a certain length outward, beyond at least a top portion of the helmet; a movable visor extension constructed and arranged to increase the length of the visor including a leading edge, a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, and a pair of side edges; two or more guide tracks constructed and arranged to guide the visor extension into an extended position, where the visor extension is held above a face opening of the helmet in the extended position; a latching mechanism including an opening disposed in the visor extension and a latching member constructed and arranged to engage the opening in the visor extension in order to hold the visor extension in a retracted position, the latching member further having an actuation portion extending through the opening in the visor and a distal end engaging the opening in the visor extension; at least one biasing member constructed and arranged to bias the visor extension into the extended position upon release of the latching mechanism, the at least one biasing member being held in compression by the latching mechanism when the visor extension is in the retracted position; and wherein during use in order to move the visor extension from the retracted position to the extended position a user engages the actuation portion of the visor to move it in a forward direction, toward the leading edge of the visor extension thereby also moving the latching member out of engagement with the opening in the visor extension, wherein the at least one biasing member forces the visor extension in the forward direction into the extended position.