Patent ID: 9402434
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A42B

Claim Text:
1. A helmet shield attaching mechanism comprising: a shield attaching base member attaching to a head protecting body, and a shield whose region including one of a left end and a right end and a vicinity thereof rotatably attaches to said shield attaching base member, said shield attaching base member comprising a stationary base member attaching to said head protecting body, and a movable base member attaching to said stationary base member so as to be movable forward and backward substantially in a back-and-forth direction with respect to said stationary base member, and said shield being substantially rotatably supportable by said movable base member, wherein said stationary base member comprises stopper means, said movable base member comprises stopped means whose position is held by said stopper means in an at least substantially fully-closed state of said shield, and when a holding position of said stopped means whose position is held by said stopper means in the at least substantially fully-closed state of said shield is selected from one of a plurality of portions of said movable base member substantially in the back-and-forth direction, the holding position substantially in the back-and-forth direction of said shield with respect to said head protecting body in the at least substantially fully-closed state is selected, the helmet shield attaching mechanism further comprising: wherein when said back-and-forth positioning means selectively engages with one of said plurality of first recess/projection engaging means, the holding position substantially in the back-and-forth direction of said shield is selected, and when said rotation preventing means selectively engages with one of said plurality of second recess/projection engaging means, unwanted pivot of said pivotal manipulation member is prevented, wherein said shield position adjustment pivotal manipulation member comprises a pivotal manipulation button located between said head protecting body and said shield such that a whole outer surface of the pivotal manipulation button is covered by the shield when in the substantially fully-closed state, and wherein a cam face is provided on one of said stationary base member and said shield,