Patent ID: 9545125
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A41D,A42B

Claim:
1. A segmented sport equipment system for reducing impact force on sport equipment by deployable panels, said sport equipment system comprising: at least one helmet having an outer shell, said outer shell defining at least one recess; at least one outer shell magnetic element associated with said outer shell, said outer shell magnetic element having a first pole orientated in a direction exterior of said at least one helmet; at least one recess magnetic element associated with said at least one recess, said at least one recess magnetic element having a first pole orientated in a direction similar to said at least one outer shell magnetic element; at least one deployable panel movable and receivable in said at least one recess, said at least one deployable panel having a shape or profile similar to that of said outer shell thereby providing a flush exterior surface to the at least one helmet when said at least one deployable panel is received in said at least one recess, said at least one deployable panel having at least one panel magnetic element, said at least one panel magnetic element having a first pole orientated in a direction similar to said at least one outer shell magnetic element and said at least one recess magnetic element, said at least one panel magnetic element being located in said at least one deployable panel so as to be aligned with and adjacent to said at least one recess magnetic element when said at least one deployable panel is received in said at least one recess; at least one biasing element located between said at least one deployable panel and said outer shell, wherein said at least one deployable panel defining a panel notch configured to receive a first portion of said at least one biasing element, and said outer shell defining a recess notch in communication with said at least one recess, said recess notch configured to receive a second portion of said biasing element, wherein said biasing element is a spring configured to produce a spring force on said at least one deployable panel; and wherein said spring force is configured to deploy at least a portion of said at least one deployable panel out of said at least one recess.