Patent ID: 7607179
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A shock-absorbing helmet comprising: a helmet body, said helmet body having a receiving space for receiving the user's head and a front open side; a facemask provided at the front open side of said helmet body; and a plurality of shock absorbers affixed to said helmet body and respectively coupled to said facemask to absorb shocks upon an impact at said facemask, said shock absorbers being spring type shock absorbers that use spring means to absorb shocks, wherein said facemask has a plurality of locating devices adapted to receive said shock absorbers and each of said shock absorbers comprises a hollow holder frame respectively affixed to said helmet body and a sleeve inserted through the respective hollow holder frame, said sleeve having a front outer thread threaded into an inner thread at each of said locating devices, an adjustment cap threaded onto an outer thread at a rear side of the associating hollow holder frame, a rod member inserted through said adjustment cap and said sleeve, said rod member having a head disposed outside said adjustment cap, and a spring member sleeved onto said rod member inside said adjustment cap and affixed to said rod member and stopped between one end of said sleeve and a part of said adjustment cap.