Patent ID: 8555424
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A helmet comprising: a shell, said shell being adapted to contact a wearer's head, said shell having a shell front portion, said shell front portion having a frontal lower edge, a visor, said visor having a visor lower portion and a visor upper portion; a face seal, said face seal being connected to said visor lower portion; a biasing means; and two guiding mechanisms, each one of said two guiding mechanisms being located on a different side of said shell and connecting said visor to said shell, said guiding mechanisms being operative to guide said visor along a pre-determined trajectory defined by said guiding mechanisms, said pre-determined trajectory having a deployment trajectory and a translation trajectory, each one of said two guiding mechanisms further having: wherein said guiding mechanisms are operative to guide said visor along said deployment trajectory when said first slider is within said deployment portion of said first track portion, said deployment trajectory extending from a retracted position where said visor is substantially proximate said front portion of said shell and substantially outside a field of view of the wearer to a deployed position where said visor is substantially below said frontal lower edge and within the field of view of the wearer, said guiding mechanisms being further operative to guide said visor along said translation trajectory when said first slider is within said translation portion of said first track portion, said translation trajectory extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said shell, said translation trajectory extending from said deployed position to a resting position aft of said deployed position, said biasing means being operative to bias said visor towards said deployed position and further towards said resting position so that in use said face seal is operative to substantially perpendicularly contact a face of the wearer thereby defining a contacting position, said contacting position being located along said translation trajectory between said deployed position and said resting position.