US 12,324,472 B2
Helmet with holding device and force absorber
Jerome Benoit, Goult (FR)
Assigned to DELTA PLUS GROUP, Apt (FR)
Filed by DELTA PLUS GROUP, Apt (FR)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,590.
Claims priority of application No. 2312133 (FR), filed on Nov. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0143400 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. A42B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/062 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet comprising:
an outer shell; and
a holding device for holding said outer shell on a user's head, the holding device comprising:
a perimeter forming a closed loop;
at least two straps attached to said perimeter and/or to said outer shell;
a cushion to support the user's head; and
a force absorber comprising at least three orifices for the passage of at least one of said at least two straps, each orifice connecting a first face of the force absorber and a second face of the force absorber opposite the first face, wherein at least one of said at least two straps passes successively through a first of said at least three orifices, a second of said at least three orifices, and a third of said at least three orifices, extending on the first face between the first orifice and the second orifice and on the second face between the second orifice and the third orifice, and the at least one strap is folded 180° around an edge of the second orifice.