US 11,937,659 B2
Visor mechanism for a safety helmet
Karsten Lübke, Altenhausen (DE); Michél Schrader, Eilsleben OT Wormsdorf (DE); Milad Youkhanna, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (DE); Michael Jarisch, Erxleben OT Groppendorf (DE); and Sebastian Reitebuch, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to SCHUBERTH GMBH, Magdeburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/641,993
Filed by SCHUBERTH GMBH, Magdeburg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075334
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048281, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 124 245.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369754 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A42B 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/222 (2013.01) [A42B 3/225 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visor mechanism for a safety helmet for emergency services, the visor mechanism comprising: a visor, mounted such that the visor is configured to be shifted relative to an outer shell of the safety helmet to cover a front area of the safety helmet, the visor mechanism further comprising a visor adjuster, which is coupled to the visor such that the visor is configured to be moved via a sliding actuation of the visor adjuster, wherein the visor mechanism comprises a locking assembly coupled to the visor and the visor adjuster, wherein the locking assembly, when in a locked state, blocks a shifting of the visor and wherein the locking assembly, when in a released state, allows a shifting of the visor, and wherein the locking assembly is configured to be moved into the released state via a release actuation of the visor adjuster, wherein the locking assembly springs back into the locked state upon ending the release actuation, wherein the locking assembly comprises a spring assembly for pre-tensioning the locking assembly to the locked state, wherein the spring assembly includes at least two spring arms configured for pre-tensioning the locking assembly to the locked state.