US 12,268,265 B2
Safety helmet
Shantanu Deshpande, Glenview, IL (US); and Kingston Wong, Beach Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Klein Tools, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by Klein Tools, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,628.
Application 17/856,628 is a continuation of application No. 16/246,935, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,452,327.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/645,491, filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,472, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346484 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A42B 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/0446 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety helmet system, comprising:
a safety helmet comprising:
a molded outer shell adapted to be worn by a user, the outer shell having an exterior surface defining a front side, a rear side, and a brim extending forward from the front side;
a front receptacle having a first pair of external slots and a stop, wherein each of the first pair of external slots extends upwardly along the front side of the outer shell and the stop is disposed between the first pair of external slots, and wherein the stop is integrally molded with the exterior surface of the outer shell; and
a rear receptacle disposed on the rear side on the exterior surface of the outer shell, the rear receptacle having a second pair of external slots; and
an accessory device having a mating receptacle formed thereon, at least a portion of the mating receptacle being selectively engageable with the front receptacle or the rear receptacle such that the accessory device is releasably mountable onto each of the front receptacle and the rear receptacle;
wherein each of the first pair of external slots of the front receptacle is a receiver slot flanked by raised walls, and the stop comprises a protruding member, wherein the accessory device includes a clip, and wherein the receiver slot aligns the accessory device therein, the raised walls retain the accessory device therebetween, and the protruding member engages the clip to releasably mount the accessory device in the front receptacle.