Patent ID: 6301721
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
A helmet for use by a vehicle user which comprises:a helmet shell which defines a left side, a right side and a front end which defines an open face portion,left and right base plates respectively mounted on the left and right sides of said helmet shell, each base plate including a support shaft that extends away from said helmet shell, a curved concave guiding portion below said support shaft, and a shaft section located at a forward end of said curved concave guiding portion,left and right shield pressing covers connected to said respective left and right base plates,a curved face shield having a center portion for covering said open front face portion of said helmet, and opposite left and right mounting portions for positioning between respective left and right base plates and shield pressing covers, each of said left and right mounting portions including a fixing hole for positioning around a support shaft of a respective base plate and a stopper section for movement along a respective curved concave guiding portion, andleft and right elongated operating levers for positioning on said shaft sections of respective said left and right base plates, each said elongated operating lever including a C-shaped supporting section at a first end thereof which is positioned around a respective shaft section and which defines an end edge for contact by a stopper section of a respective mounting portion of said face shield, a push-up surface section on a first side thereof nearest the respective pressing cover and extending from said first end toward a second end thereof, and a slant surface section which extends from said push-up surface section toward an opposite second side of said operating lever nearest the respective base plate, said operating levers facilitating disengagement of the face shield relative to the helmet shell by causing disengagement of the respective left and right mounting portions of the face shield relative to the support shafts of the respective base plates and enabling movement of said left and right mounting portions in spaces formed between the respective support shafts and pressing covers.