Patent ID: 8572767
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A protective helmet including: a front shell; and a rear shell hingedly movable with respect to the front shell to provide: an open configuration in which the helmet is able to be placed on a user's head or removed from the user's head; and a closed configuration wherein the rear shell is releasably lockingly engaged to the front shell for securely containing the head within the helmet; a multiple point locking system including: an upper dorsal connection for hingedly connecting the rear shell to front shell, thereby to enable movement between the closed configuration and the open configuration; one or more lower side connections for releasably locking the front shell to the rear shell thereby to selectively lock the helmet in the closed configuration; and an emergency release mechanism configured to simultaneously release the hinge and unlock the lower side connections such that the rear shell is removable from the front shell.