Patent ID: 7380290

Claim:
A head and neck restraint system for protecting the neck of an individual during a crash of a motor vehicle, said head and neck restraint system comprising: a head enclosing helmet of the type having a head shell surrounding the head, forehead, and chin of said individual with an opening at a bottom portion thereof and a face portion and said helmet including a first lower rear portion, a second lower front portion on one side of said helmet and a third lower rear portion and a fourth lower front portion on an opposite side of said helmet; a plurality of flexible straps including a first strap, a second strap, a third strap and a fourth strap and a plurality of directive anchors attached to said helmet shell for securing and directing said first strap to said first lower rear portion of said helmet, said second strap to said second lower front portion of said helmet, said third strap to said third lower rear portion of said helmet and said fourth strap to said fourth lower front portion of said helmet; means for releasably securing said plurality of straps to said individual; and, wherein said plurality of straps form an X-pattern configuration on a right side and a left side of said user below said helmet and above said individual's shoulders with said first flexible strap extending from said first lower rear portion of said helmet across one of said individual's shoulders to a front side of said individual, said second flexible strap extending from said second lower front portion of said helmet across said one of said individual's shoulders to said individual's back, said third flexible strap extending from said third lower rear portion of said helmet across the other of said individual's shoulders to a front side of said individual and said fourth flexible strap extending from said fourth lower front portion of said helmet across the other of said individual's shoulder to said individual's back.