Patent ID: 9668532
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A42B

Claim:
1. An impermeable chin curtain for a helmet, the helmet comprising a helmet outer shell for protecting the head of a person when wearing the helmet, a substantially transparent face shield hingedly attached to the helmet outer shell, and a chin bar disposed below the face shield; the chin bar having an inside surface facing toward a person when using the helmet, an upper edge adapted to be in close contact with the face shield when the face shield is in a close position and a lower edge surrounding the neck of the person when wearing the helmet; the chin curtain being configured to be operatively mounted to the lower edge of the chin bar to surround the neck of the person when wearing the helmet to prevent air and noise from flowing into the helmet, the impermeable chin curtain comprising: the curtain portion covering more than half of a horizontal area having a perimeter defined by the first edge and an imaginary straight line joining the two lateral extremities of the neck edge, the curtain portion, the neck edge and the fixing portion of the impermeable chin curtain forming an impermeable single element made from a polymeric material.