Patent ID: 7426773
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A41D,A42B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An attachment device mounted on a helmet and adapted to connect to a head and neck support device to a helmet, which comprises: (a) a base having a front surface and a back surface with an indention in the front surface and having an opening extending between the front and back surfaces, the base mounted on an outer surface of the helmet so that the back surface does not extend into the outer surface of the helmet and the opening of the base is aligned with a hole in the helmet; (b) a button having an opening and positioned in the indention in the front surface of the base with the opening of the button aligned with the opening of the base wherein when the button is pressed, the button moves into the indention in the base toward the outer surface of the helmet; (c) a resilient member positioned between the base and the button for biasing the button away from the base; (d) a post having opposed first and second ends with a head at the first end positioned through the openings of the button and the base adiacent to the head and through the hole in the helmet so that the second end of the post is adjacent the inner surface of the helmet and connected to a retainer, wherein the post has a connector section adiacent to the head and the connector section has a size less than a size of the head, wherein the connector section has a pair of opposed parallel flat sections and wherein the head has an indicator line spaced between and parallel to the flat sections of the connector section; and (e) a catch adapted for connecting to the head and neck support device at one end and having an opening for connecting to the head of the post by positioning the head of the post through the opening on an opposite end.