Suspension system in combination with a motorcycle helmet

Abstract: The suspension system comprises two points (1,2) located at different heights, on which the back of the helmet rests, it is supported on the outside at the lower point (2) and on the inside at the top point (1). These points (1,2) are defined by the ends of a basically C-shaped component, which is attached to a fixture by a third point (3). The system provides proper, stable support for the said helmets, in any work or habitual place, preventing the normal, unstable support of these, with the possibility they will fall and, consequently, be damaged.

Description: The invention is concerned with a suspension system in combination with a motorcycle helmet. As is well known, motorcycle helmets are very troublesome for their users, as they are normally carried in one hand in order not to leave them on the motorcycle and to prevent them from being stolen. Users normally come up against the problem that their are no ideal places or fittings for them to leave or hang up the helmets safely and, if they are left on a table or similar, they tend to roll and run a great risk of falling on the floor and being damaged. Devices for hanging articles as hat, pan and the like are well shown. Patent US 1 449 698 of EATON as Document D1 consists in a utensil hanger, formed of a single piece of spring metal, comprising a plane body portion to be fixed to a wall and three spring lips, defining a central spring tongue and two spring lateral jaws, equipped with respective elbows of opposite concavities forming three support points, for clamping between them the lateral wall of a pan in a vertical position with the rim against the wall. Patent US 5 038 941 of BASTIAAENSEN as Document D2, consists of a hat rack comprising a plurality of clamping members attached to a baseplate equipped with holes to be fixed on a support wall in a vertical position, each clamping member is formed by and integral one piece member including first and second spring finger means connected by a central member. D1 and D2 allowing hanger a pan and a hat, respectively, but do not provide a suitable hanger for a motorcycle helmet. The three spring lips - central tongue and two lateral jaws- of D1 and both spring fingers of D2, are not suitable hangers for a helmet. The problem related to the suspension of motorcycle helmets is not solved by D1 and D2. This invention eliminates these problems and provides a suspension system, applicable very simply to places frequented by motorcycle riders, or simply in workplaces or equivalent of people who habitually use motorcycles and who normally take the helmet with them, whereby the helmet does not cause them the inconvenience of having to take it with them, since, when they reach their work or habitual place, they can hang it up completely safely in terms of the helmet's integrity, without it producing any hindrance to their work or activity. The suspension system according to the invention is defined by the features of claim 1. The helmet is supported on the outside at the lower point and on the inside at the top point. According to an embodiment of the invention, both points are connected to each other by at least one component which is attached to a fixture by a third point. This component is basically C-shaped, and its ends define the two support points. According to an embodiment of the invention, the third point can be located between the two support points or in an extension of one of the branches of the component. These and other features will be made clearer from the detailed description which follows, to assist which two sheets of drawings are attached, showing a practical case of embodiment, which is cited solely as an example, and is not limitative of the scope of this invention. In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational diagrammatic view showing the helmet and the suspension system as per the invention, figure 2 is a view showing a diagram of stresses of the suspension system, figures 3, 4 and 5 show an elevational view of an embodiment of the system as per the invention. Figures 3a, 4a and 5a show a perspective view of specific embodiments. Figure 6 shows an elevational view of another embodiment of the system as per the invention. According to the drawings, the suspension system in combination with a motorcycle helmet with which this invention is concerned comprises two support points 1 and 2, which are supported inside and outside, respectively, at the back -p- of the motorcycle rider's helmet -C-. These support points 1 and 2 are located at different heights. Figure 1 represents a diagrammatic view of the stresses acting on the suspension of the helmet -C-. -P- diagrammatically represents the weight of the helmet -C-, which breaks down into two stresses -P 1 - and -P 2 -, which are applied, respectively, at the said points 1 and 2. At both points, by the principle of action and reaction, respective reaction stresses -R 1 - and -R 2 - appear, equal to and opposing the aforesaid -P 1 - and -P 2 - stresses. Figure 2 shows a static diagram of the said stresses of the suspension system as per the invention. As can be seen, the weight -P- of the helmet -C- applied at the centre of gravity -G- of the helmet breaks down at point -G'- where the stresses meet, in the two parts -P 1 - and -P 2 -, which are applied, respectively, at points 1 and 2. At these points, the two aforesaid stresses -R 1 - and -R 2 -, equal and opposing, appear by the principle of action and reaction, and these reestablish the balance of the system of stresses, according to the invention. As can be seen in the figures, the helmet -C- is supported on the outside at the lower point 2, and on the inside it is supported at the top point 1. According to the invention, the two support points 1 and 2 are connected to each other by a component -E-, which is attached to a fixture -S-, such as a wall or similar, by a third point 3. As can be seen, this component -E- is basically C-shaped, and its ends define the two support points (see figures 3 to 6), a top suspension point 1 and a lower suspension point 2. According to an embodiment of the invention, the aforesaid third point 3 for attachment of the component -E- to the fixture -S- is located between the two support points 1 and 2, as is shown in figures 3 to 5. Similarly, this third point 3 can be provided with an extension of one of the branches of the C-shape of the component -E-, as is shown in figure 6. Although in this figure 6 the extension is of the branch adjacent to the fixture -S-, it could likewise be of the other branch, away from this fixture. This invention provides that the component -E- can be in one single piece, as is shown in the figures, or of several pieces, whether or not these are joined to each other. As is shown in the figures, there are different elements of components -E- which are essentially the same, in that they fulfil the purpose of the suspension system of the invention. Thus, component -E- shown in figure 3a consists of a strip 4 bent in a C-shape, which, in the middle, has two sideways extensions 5, provided with respective holes 6, which forms the said third point 3, for attachment to the fixture -S-. At the ends, it defines two curved plaques 7 and 8, which form the support points 1 and 2 respectively, replacing the points with small surfaces, which improve the support and prolong the life of the helmet -C-. The component -E- shown in figure 4a consists of two parallel branches 9, connected in the middle by a coupling 10 with a cover, provided with two holes 11, which forms the said third point 3, to attach the component -E- to the fixture -S-. At the joined ends of these branches 9, there are directional rubbers or pads 12, 13, in any suitable material, and these form the support points 1 and 2 respectively, replacing the points with small, directional, surfaces, with the advantages already pointed out. The component -E- shown in figure 5a consists of a component 14, the top end of which defines a rounded shape 15, which forms support point 1, and the opposite, lower end of which, has a plaque 16 which rocks vertically, which forms support point 2. In the middle, lower down, it has a crosswise recess 17 with an intermediate thickening 18 below, which forms the said third point 3, and enables it to be connected by sliding into a means 19 shaped accordingly, which is attached lengthways to the fixture -S-. This component 14 has serrating 20 at the top, which helps any outer garment hung individually, or with the helmet -C-, to be hung up and held fast on this component 14. The component -E- shown in figure 6 consists of a component 21, which, by one of the branches of the -C-, specifically by the branch corresponding to support point 2, is extended by a tab 22, double-elbowed, and at its end which forms the said third point 3, it is attached to the fixture -S-. The invention provides that the extension can be along the other branch, corresponding to support point 1, which would be bent at the top and would fulfil the same function. According to this invention, the embodiments of component -E- may be as defined in the claim, as may the materials of which it is made wholly or in part, as it may be in one single material or several, and may be metal, metal with plastic and rubber, plastic, etc., as appropriate.

Claims: Suspension system in combination with a motorcycle helmet, that consists of a piece comprising a top suspension point and a lower suspension point facing each other and being located at different heights and attached to a support which top and lower points hanging an article, characterized in that comprising a C-shaped piece with a helmet supported in an inverted position, the ends of the C-shaped forming one of two cited top and lower points, which top and lower suspension points are provided with a respective curved plaque, in that way that the top and lower curved plaques contact, respectively, the inside and the outside of the back part of the helmet supported by gravity.

Inventors: LLAURADO MORANT JOSE MARIA, LLAURADO MORANT, JOSE MARIA, Llaurado Morant, José Maria
Applicants: LLAURADO MORANT JOSE MARIA, LLAURADO MORANT, JOSE MARIA
Application year: 1997
Main classification: A47G25
IPC codes: A47G25