Patent ID: 7159249
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A helmet head engaging system for use with a suspension frame mounted inside a helmet shell comprising plural, head-engaging shock-absorbing pads prepared for removable and position-adjustable mounting on such a frame, and cooperating chin-strap cinching subsystem structure attachable to the same frame and including frictioning material, and an elongate central chin-engaging component having opposite ends disposed operatively adjacent said frictioning material, and carried in said structure (a) for fore-and-aft, initially free, relative-sliding, load-balancing motion during initial cinching of the cinching structure, and (b), during conclusory cinching of the cinching structure, for frictional anti-slide locking of the chin-engaging component in place, thus to stabilize an associated helmet shell on the head of a wearer.