Patent ID: 6079053
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A42B,Y10T

Abstract:
A clip assembly for coupling a frame of a facemask to a helmet, the helmet having an exterior and an interior, said clip assembly comprising:a) a clip member having a base portion provided with a bore, a flexible arm portion provided with an opening, said flexible arm portion being bendable about the frame such that said bore of said base portion and said opening of said arm portion overlie each other;b) a screw having a head diametrically sized to pass through said bore and said opening, and a shaft;c) a nut at least partly positionable against the interior of the helmet and threadable with said shaft of said screw; andd) a movable member coupled to but movable relative to said base portion of said clip member such that said movable member is movable from a first position in which said movable member partly obstructs said bore such that said head of said screw cannot pass through said bore, to a second position in which said movable member permits said head of said screw to pass through said bore.