US 12,004,586 B2
Helmet with custom-fit liner
Louis Anthony Vanhoutin, Iuka, IL (US); Vincent R. Long, St. Peters, MO (US); Nathan Loucks, Litchfield, IL (US); and Richard Groff, III, Litchfield, IL (US)
Assigned to SCHUTT SPORTS IP, LLC, Litchfield, IL (US)
Filed by SCHUTT SPORTS IP, LLC, Litchfield, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,907.
Application 17/340,907 is a continuation of application No. 16/815,861, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,026,466.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,923, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392986 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Prior Publication US 2023/0132383 A9, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A42B 3/12 (2006.01); A42B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/127 (2013.01) [A42B 3/122 (2013.01); A42B 3/128 (2013.01); A42B 3/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet kit comprising:
a helmet shell adapted to protect a head of a wearer;
a base liner having a plurality of pod attachment sites on a surface of the base liner that faces the head of the wearer when the base liner is disposed within the helmet shell, wherein the plurality of pod attachment sites are positioned on the surface of the base liner; and
a plurality of fit pods removably attachable to the plurality of pod attachment sites, wherein each of the plurality of fit pods has a base that is removably attachable to a respective pod attachment site to define a fit configuration;
wherein each of the plurality of fit pods is selected from a multiset of fit pods of a number of varying types of fit pods based on a scan of the head of the wearer, each of the plurality of fit pods comprising a fit pad of foam material having a thickness and a density and a cross-sectional shape;
wherein the plurality of fit pods are interchangeable such that the base of each fit pod is attachable at any of the plurality of pod attachment sites; and
wherein each of the plurality of pod attachment sites is demarcated on the base liner to identify a corresponding fit pod attachment site location on the base liner.