Patent ID: 6964066
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A stretchable-adjustable, cushioning helmet insert employable in the hollow, domed interior of a selected-size helmet shell, said insert comprising a generally domed cap adapted for installation within such a shell interior, and formed of a reversibly stretchable fabric, by way of which the cap is biased toward a nominally size-contracted state in which it possesses a size that allows it to be freely placed and received within the hollow, domed interior of such a shell in a manner wherein these exists a defined, surrounding expansion space between the outside of the cap and the inside of the shell allowing for a defined amount of reversible outward expansion of the cap within the shell, and cushioning structure in the form of plural, spaced cushioning pads positionally affixed to said cap on the inside thereof in a manner whereby expansion and contraction of the cap causes spatial retreat and closure, respectively, of the spacings existing between each pad and its neighboring pads.