US 12,389,973 B2
Helmet provided with a half chin bar
Stephane Cohen, Msida (MT)
Assigned to RACING FORCE INTERNATIONAL W.L.L., Sakhir (BH)
Appl. No. 18/037,690
Filed by Racing Force International W.L.L., Sakhir (BH)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/060744
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/107060, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000027792 (IT), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008582 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A42B 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/326 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet (10) comprising a shell (11) and a half chin bar (14) releasably connected to said shell (11), wherein said half chin bar (14) is selectively connectable/disconnectable to/from said shell (11) by means of an attachment device (16) comprising a coupling portion (20) and a manual drive portion (17) for a complete release of said coupling portion (20), said manual drive portion (17) being accessible from an outside of said shell (11) and/or of said half chin bar (14),
wherein said half chin bar (14) develops from a free end (14a) to an attachment end (14b), wherein said shell (11) comprises an attachment seating (15) with a shape at least partly mating with a shape of said attachment end (14b),
wherein a first attachment element (19) is disposed in said attachment seating (15), wherein said attachment seating (15) comprises interlocking means (24) for coupling said shell (11) to the attachment end (14b) of the half chin bar (14), and
wherein said attachment end (14b) comprises at least one shaped protruding part (25) suitable to be inserted in a suitable hollow (26) comprised in said interlocking means (24), wherein upon release of said coupling portion (20) of said attachment device (16), the half chin bar (14) is configured to be disconnected from the shell (11) by withdrawal of the at least one shaped protruding part (25) from the suitable hollow (26).