Patent ID: 9603404
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. A helmet system having a restraint feature for deterring injuries to the user comprising: a helmet having a movable attachment member at the rear of the helmet; and a flexible, bendable tether coupled to the movable attachment member at the rear of the helmet, the tether coupling the helmet to a part of the body of a user in order to restrain movement of the helmet in a vertical, up and down, direction, wherein the movable attachment member is movable only horizontally and not vertically relative to a fixed position on a surface of the helmet, and includes a slider mechanism that is a plate-like member or a recess defined in the helmet to permit the attachment member to slidably move inside the plate-like member or inside the recess, with the slider mechanism conforming to the shape of the helmet, wherein the plate-like attachment member comprises at least one plate with a slot in the plate for receiving the movable attachment member, and the recess is accessible to receive the movable attachment member into the recess.