Patent ID: 6732381
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
A sports helmet for protecting a head of the user, the sports helmet comprising:a body member being adapted for receiving a portion of the head of the user, said body member being adapted for protecting the head of the user from impacts; a communication assembly being coupled within said body member, said communication assembly being adapted for providing audio signals to the user when said body member is positioned on the head of the users; a remote assembly having a plurality buttons, each of said buttons of said remote assembly transmitting a unique control signal over free space to said communication assembly such that each unique control signal transmitted by said remote assembly is for controlling one of a plurality of functions of said communications assembly; and said body member having a pocket member, said pocket member being coupled to an exterior surface of said body member, said remote assembly being insertable between said pocket member and said exterior surface of said body member for selectively securing said remote assembly to said body member when said body member is not in use by the user.