US 11,780,130 B2
Support template for molds for sport helmets
Angelo Gotti, Nembro (IT)
Assigned to KASK S.P.A., Chiuduno (IT)
Appl. No. 17/59,016
Filed by KASK S.P.A., Chiuduno (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/056235
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/021429, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000007587 (IT), filed on Jul. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0138702 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/14065 (2013.01) [B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4821 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support template for molds for sports helmets, comprising:
a frame comprising:
a support portion, placed on a first side of the frame, for support of a component of a helmet to be obtained by a molding or co-molding process, the support portion being configured to keep the component of the helmet to be obtained according to a predetermined position inside a respective mold;
a centering portion placed on the first side of the frame and arranged to engage a respective centering seat made on the respective mold so as to ensure alignment of the mold with the support template and keep centering positioning of the component of the helmet to be obtained according to a predetermined configuration; and
a grip portion to allow manual engagement of the support template by an operator,
wherein the support portion of the frame comprises:
a support surface provided with support projections, the support projections including support blocks for a portion of the component of the helmet to be obtained, the component being a lower ring of the helmet, according to a position that is spaced apart from the support surface, and
a support element, at least partially arched, removably engageable with the support surface transversely with respect to the support surface by engaging pins, the support element being provided with a first rest portion for lateral rest of the component of the helmet to be obtained and with a second rest portion for an upper shell of the helmet.