US 12,220,016 B1
Protective sports helmet with advanced visor system, lower chin bar assembly and energy attenuation system
Vittorio Bologna, Des Plaines, IL (US); Joseph Levene, Des Plaines, IL (US); Murphy Gillogly, Des Plaines, IL (US); Bradshaw Baldonado, Des Plaines, IL (US); and Thad M. Ide, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Assigned to Riddell, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by Riddell, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,641.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,836, filed on May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,337, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,476, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Int. Cl. A42B 3/22 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01); A42B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/221 (2013.01) [A42B 3/06 (2013.01); A42B 3/205 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective sports helmet comprising:
(i) a visor attachment system that includes a helmet-based engagement means and a visor-based engagement means;
(ii) a shell having a frontal opening that through which a helmet wearer can view objects beyond the helmet and the helmet-based engagement means;
(iii) a lower chin bar assembly affixed to a lower extent of the shell and overlying a lower extent of the frontal opening, wherein the lower chin bar assembly includes a plurality of bar members; and
(iv) a visor that includes the visor-based engagement means, and
wherein: (a) the visor is configured to overlie an upper extent of the front opening, and (b) once the visor is removably coupled to the helmet shell via the interaction between the visor-based engagement means to the helmet-based engagement means, the visor remains stable and cannot be rotated relative to the helmet shell prior to an impact.