Patent ID: 6854134

Claim:
A protective collar for use with full-face crash helmets including a collar member at least partially formed from a resilient material which in use extends peripherally entirely around a user's neck said collar member having a recess in which a lower part of a full-face crash helmet is receivable and securable and helmet retaining means for retaining said crash helmet within said recess, said recess having an upwardly facing bottom surface which in use abuts said lower part of said helmet and a peripherally extending wall surface which extends upwardly from said surface to a top surface of said collar, faces into said recess and in use of said collar closely fits against said lower part of said helmet around the periphery thereof wherein in use of said collar said user's neck passes through an opening in said collar member, said opening having an upper end within said recess and inwardly facing surfaces conforming closely to at least both sides and the back of said user's neck.