Patent ID: 8584264

Claim:
A cheek pad for use in a helmet, said cheek pad comprising: an outer base member for attachment to an inside of a helmet shell, an inner cushion member for contacting a cheek and chin of a helmet wearer, said inner cushion member being directly connected at an upper end to said outer base member and at a lower end configured to conform to the cheek and chin of the helmet wearer and to define a separating space with the outer base member, an inverted V-shaped form-maintaining member in said separating space, said inverted V-shaped form-maintaining member including a holding part which contacts a surface of said inner cushion member so as to resist changes in configuration of the lower end of said inner cushion member during use, and a fixing part which is connected to the outer base member and is separated from the holding part so that a portion of said separating space lies therebetween, and at least one elastic member separate from and beneath said inverted V-shaped form-maintaining member which is positioned in said separating space between the outer base member and the holding part of said inverted V-shaped form-maintaining member for assisting in resisting changes in configuration of the lower end of said inner cushion member.