US 11,730,227 B2
Adjustable helmet
Jacques Durocher, St-Jerome (CA); Marie-Claude Genereux, Ste-Therese (CA); Hugo Martin, Montreal (CA); and Charles-Antoine Desrochers, Prevost (CA)
Assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC, Exeter, NH (US)
Appl. No. 16/764,453
Filed by BAUER HOCKEY LTD., Blainville (CA)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/051480
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/100153, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,135, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/589,263, filed on Nov. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337408 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A42B 3/32 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/324 (2013.01) [A42B 3/06 (2013.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet for protecting a head of a user, the helmet comprising:
a) an outer shell comprising a plurality of shell members movable relative to one another;
b) an inner padding disposed within the outer shell; and
c) an adjustment system configured to adjust a fit of the helmet on the user's head, wherein the adjustment system is operable to move respective ones of the shell members relative to one another to adjust the fit of the helmet on the user's head, the adjustment system comprising:
a longitudinal adjustment subsystem configured to adjust a longitudinal dimension of the outer shell in a longitudinal direction of the helmet; and
a lateral adjustment subsystem configured to move respective ones of the shell members relative to one another to adjust a lateral dimension of the outer shell in a lateral direction of the helmet;
the longitudinal adjustment subsystem and the lateral adjustment subsystem being operable independently from one another to adjust the longitudinal dimension of the outer shell and the lateral dimension of the outer shell independently from one another over at least part of a range of adjustability of the longitudinal dimension of the outer shell and at least part of a range of adjustability of the lateral dimension of the outer shell.