US 12,439,989 B2
Liner
Marc Von Dunten, Essen (DE); Lukas Tamajka, Herdecke (DE); and Matthias Ocklenburg, Mühltal Traisa (DE)
Assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, Wetter-Volmarstein (DE)
Filed by ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, Wetter-Volmarstein (DE)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/335,165.
Claims priority of application No. 102022117398.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016250 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A42B 3/10 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/10 (2013.01) [A42B 3/066 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective helmet comprising:
a helmet body that has a concavely curved inside surface defining an interior cavity of the helmet body,
a liner disposed within the interior cavity of the helmet body such that the head of a person wearing the helmet contacts the liner,
wherein the liner is fastened to the inside surface of the helmet body and includes at least one bridge section in the form of a bulge,
wherein the at least one bridge section is disposed in a recess formed in the helmet body, wherein the recess is recessed relative to the concavely curved inside surface of the helmet body,
wherein the liner is configured to slide along the concavely curved inside surface of the helmet body in case of an impact;
wherein the recess formed in the helmet body defines an opening having outer edges disposed at the concavely curved inside surface, wherein the opening defines an opening width measured across the opening in a first direction between the outer edges, wherein the bulge is defined by a length of excess material in the first direction that is greater than the opening width,
wherein at least a portion of the excess material of the bulge is moveable out of the recess such that the liner is slidable along the concavely curved inside surface of the helmet body.