US 11,930,876 B2
Position-specific helmet protection
Cord Santiago, Seattle, WA (US); Kurt Fischer, Edmonds, WA (US); Travis Glover, Seattle, WA (US); Valerie Carricaburu, Bellevue, WA (US); Adam Frank, Seattle, WA (US); Andre Stone, Lynnwood, WA (US); Jason Neubauer, Sammamish, WA (US); Per Reinhall, Seattle, WA (US); and David Marver, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to VICIS IP, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by VICIS IP, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/984,677.
Application 16/984,677 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/016654, filed on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/626,580, filed on Feb. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007432 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A42B 3/06 (2006.01); A42C 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/063 (2013.01) [A42C 2/007 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position-specific helmet comprising:
an outer layer, the outer layer comprising a position-specific region that includes an impact zone;
an impact mitigation layer; and
a supplemental impact protective element, the supplemental impact protective element coupled to at least a portion of the position-specific region of the outer layer;
wherein the supplemental impact protective element comprises:
a curved body having edges sized and shaped to contact an external surface of the outer layer; and
a supplemental impact mitigation structure positioned between the curved body and the external surface; and
wherein the curved body comprises one or more apertures formed through the curved body from an outer surface to an inner surface.