Patent ID: 7765621

Claim:
A padding for a protective helmet, including: an envelope configured to be attached inside the helmet, the envelope being made of flexible material; at least one supplementary padding element received in the envelope; the envelope including at least one opening allowing introduction and removal of the supplementary padding element into and from the envelope; wherein: the envelope has a general form of a ‘T’, which includes a longitudinal central branch whose front end extends laterally towards the left to define a left side branch and towards the right to define a right side branch; the envelope includes a lower wall connected by its edge to an upper wall, the walls being made of a soft material which is able to be deformed; the at least one supplemental padding element is received in the branches of the envelope; and the at least one supplemental padding element includes attachment means affixed in a removable way to the envelope; and wherein: the longitudinal central branch includes, on its upper wall which contacts a lining fabric of the helmet, an opening to access a longitudinal pocket into which can be introduced a supplementary padding element; the left side branch includes, on its upper wall which contacts the lining fabric, an opening to access a pocket, into which can be introduced a supplementary padding element; and the right side branch includes, on its upper wall, an opening to access a pocket into which can be introduced a supplementary padding element.