Patent ID: 9403080
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A42B,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A sport helmet for receiving a head of a wearer, the wearer's head having a crown region, a top region, left and right side regions, a back region and an occipital region, the sport helmet extending along a longitudinal axis residing within an imaginary longitudinal plan that bisects the helmet in two generally identical halves, the sport helmet comprising; (a) an outer shell comprising a front shell portion and a rear shell portion, the rear shell portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface; (b) an inner padding in the outer shell, the inner padding comprising a front portion for covering at least part of the crown region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head and a back portion for covering at least part of the back region and top and left and right side regions of the wearer's head; (c) an occipital inner pad located below the back portion of the inner padding for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head; (d) a rear support comprising an upper part hingedly mounted to the back portion of the inner padding or the rear shell portion and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad; and (e) a biasing member between the inner surface of the rear shell portion and the rear support, the biasing member having a portion abutting the inner surface of the rear shell portion such that the rear support and occipital inner pad are movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased, forming a gap extending inwardly from the inner surface of the rear shell portion to a portion of the biasing member, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet to cause the rear support and occipital inner pad to be deflected towards the inner surface of the rear shell portion to reduce a size of the gap while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.