Patent ID: 6944887
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. An antiglare system for a crash helmet having an outer and an inner helmet shell that has an eyeport, the antiglare system comprising a sunshade that partially covers the eyeport, wherein the sunshade has at least a first antiglare module that is located above a horizontal line of sight and outside of a vertical field of vision when the head of the helmet wearer is in a relaxed, fairly upright position, and wherein the helmet wearer can move the sunshade into the vertical field of vision by tipping the head of the helmet wearer forward, and wherein the antiglare module is arranged between the outer and inner helmet shells such that a substantial portion of an upper region of the antiglare module is positioned between the outer and inner helmet shells, wherein a horizontal extension of the upper region that is positioned between the outer and inner helmet shells is substantially greater than a vertical extension of the upper region that is positioned between the outer and inner helmet shells, the horizontal extension being substantially parallel to an upper edge formed by the eyeport.