Patent ID: 7234411
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: A42B,G09F

Abstract:
1. A helmet flag for attaching to a helmet, the helmet flag comprising: a mounting plate removably attached to the helmet, the mounting plate substantially in the shape of a Maltese cross for conforming to a curvature of the helmet, the mounting plate attached to an approximately vertically oriented helmet portion; a substantially rectangular attachment plate removably and vertically attached to the mounting plate; a plurality of fasteners for attaching the attachment plate to the mounting plate; an attachment horizontal extended perpendicularly from the attachment plate; a vertically disposed insert, the insert having an upper end and a lower threaded end, the threaded end removably and vertically attached within the attachment horizontal; a vertically disposed spring, the spring having an upper end, a lower end, and a length therebetween, the lower end attached around the upper end of the insert; a vertically disposed flexible rod, the flexible rod having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the flexible rod affixed within the upper end of the spring; a flag removably affixed within the upper end of the rod; a cap on the upper end of the rod.