Patent ID: 7752683
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A helmet jacket for substantially enclosing and protecting a helmet, the helmet including chin straps secured to opposed sides of the helmet and extending away from the helmet, the helmet jacket comprising: a cover material comprising an upper section, a lower section, a first side section, and a second side section, the cover material defining an enclosure; an elastic segment formed at each of the first side section and the second side section; and cooperating fastening elements formed at the upper section and the lower section; wherein when the fastening elements are disengaged from each other the enclosure is opened to receive the helmet; and wherein when the fastening elements are engaged with each other with the helmet in the enclosure, the elastic segments define respective constricted openings through which the chin straps of the helmet extend on opposed sides of the joined fastening elements, and the cover material substantially closes the enclosure to define a storage volume within the helmet.