US 12,213,554 B2
Safety helmet with an adapter and process for detachably fastening a module
Jasser Rahmatyan, Lübeck (DE)
Assigned to Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck (DE)
Filed by Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck (DE)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/524,332.
Application 18/524,332 is a division of application No. 17/241,350, filed on Apr. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,864,616.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 002 613.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099415 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A42B 3/30 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); A42B 3/14 (2006.01); A42B 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/30 (2013.01) [A42B 3/044 (2013.01); A42B 3/14 (2013.01); A42B 3/285 (2013.01); A42B 3/286 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety helmet comprising:
an arched helmet shell;
a bearing support structure fastened on an inside to the arched helmet shell;
a helmet-side coupling point forming a part of the bearing support structure or of the arched helmet shell and located within an area enclosed by the arched helmet shell; and
a module adapter comprising a helmet-side adapter coupling point and a module-side adapter coupling point, wherein:
the helmet-side adapter coupling point is connected or detachably connectable to the helmet-side coupling point;
the module-side adapter coupling point is configured to be detachably connected to a module;
the module adapter is configured to hold the module at or on the safety helmet with the module connected to the module-side adapter coupling point and the arched helmet shell-side adapter coupling point connected to the helmet-side coupling point;
the helmet-side adapter coupling point of the module adapter comprises a U-shaped fastening element;
the helmet-side coupling point comprises an opening and a web adjoining the opening; and
the U-shaped fastening element is configured to be passed through the opening and be moved after passing through the opening into a position in which the U-shaped fastening element encompasses the web from two sides.