Patent ID: 9743700
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. A helmet for a driver of a vehicle or vessel, said helmet comprising: a shell which provides a left side, a right side and an open front, a chin guard which extends across the open front of the shell and is mounted by aligned supporting parts at the respective left and right sides of said shell so as to be swivelable up and down relative to the open front, said chin guard including a deformable surface layer member which extends across the open front of the shell, and a rigid core member which is located adjacent an inside surface of the surface layer member and extends across the open front of the shell to provide additional stiffness to the surface layer member, said rigid core member including opposite left and right ends and respective screw holes which extend therethrough adjacent the left and right ends, said deformable surface layer member including projections extending from the inside surface of the surface layer member which are aligned with the screw holes, and respective screws which extend through said screw holes and into said projections for attaching the rigid core member to the deformable surface layer member, and a transparent face shield positioned above the surface layer member and swivelable up and down to cover or uncover the open front of said shell.