Patent ID: 6047409
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
The combination of a safety lock and transparent face shield for a helmet having opposite side temple portions with a front window opening therebetween and an anchor at each side temple portion, each anchor having a back periphery; the combination comprisinga transparent face shield to be carried by said anchors and complementary to the outside of the helmet for closing the window, andan anchor positioning slot in the face shield at one side temple portion and slidably engagable over one of said anchors, the anchor positioning slot being shiftable on said anchor between fore and aft positions, anda manually operable lever liftably carried by the face shield and having a shoulder releasably engagable with said back periphery of one of said anchors securing the face shield in the aft position closed against an outside of the helmet window and disengagable by manually lifting the lever for releasing the same to shift to the fore position for opening the window.