Patent ID: 7213271
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A protective helmet, comprising: a substantially rigid shell shaped to protect a wearer's head, said shell defining a bottom opening and an internal cavity for receiving the wearer's head; a headband adjacent the bottom opening of said shell and adapted to be worn around the wearer's head, said headband defining one or more openings through a front portion thereof; a suspension secured to said headband and including at least two straps intersecting one another within the internal cavity of said shell near an apex of said shell; and a brow pad having a first portion on one side of the headband and a second portion on an opposite side the headband, said first portion and said second portion being joined to one another through said one or more openings through the front portion of the headband, securing the brow pad to the headband.