Patent ID: 6295653
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
A helmet configured to provide peripheral vision to a wearer, said helmet having a view window defined by a top rim, a bottom rim, a left rim and a right rim, said left and right rims extending from said bottom rim to said top rim backwards at an angle, said left and right rims defining sides of said view window configured to provide an unobstructed view at the wearer's eye level, said helmet further comprising left and right narrow portions from said left and right rims, respectively, and located substantially at the wearer's eye level, said narrow portions having a narrowed thickness at said left and right rims and increasing in thickness as said narrow portions approach a middle to rear of said helmet so as to have substantially a same thickness as surrounding portions of said helmet and wherein said lower rims has at least one step formed therein on both sides at a location substantially corresponding to a location of the wearer's oral cavity, said step extending backwards toward said left and right rims.