US 12,439,990 B2
Helmet construction with load distribution
Tucker Petre, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to VICIS IP, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by VICIS IP, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,783.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,821, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,669, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354943 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A42B 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/12 (2013.01) [A42B 3/127 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet system comprising:
an outer shell;
an absorption layer coupled to the outer shell, the absorption layer comprising a plurality of absorption structures, each absorption structure of the plurality of absorption structures extending from a first, outer end adjacent to the outer shell to a second, inner end, wherein the second inner ends of the plurality of absorption structures cooperatively define an inner surface of the absorption layer;
a load distribution layer including a plurality of load distribution plates distributed across, layered over, and coupled to the inner surface of the absorption layer, wherein the plurality of load distribution plates each has a stiffness that is greater than that of the absorption layer;
a liner coupled to the load distribution layer plate and configured to be positioned adjacent to a head of a wearer of the helmet system, the load distribution layer being layered between the inner surface and the liner;
the plurality of absorption structures including a first absorption structure, and the plurality of load distribution plates including a first load distribution plate; and
a fastening member that attaches the first absorption structure and the first load distribution plate, the fastening member extending from one of the first absorption structure and the first load distribution plate, the fastening member received in an opening included on the other of the first absorption structure and the first load distribution plate.