US 12,127,624 B2
Bicycle helmet with eyewear retention
Allen Albert Bischofberger, Ben Lomond, CA (US); Luiz Felipe de Melo Dias, Minas Gerais (BR); Alexander Hart Jerome, Morgan Hill, CA (US); David Tyler Debus, Felton, CA (US); and Christopher Thomas Pietrzak, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed by Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,810.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,810, filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101563 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A42B 3/18 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01); A42B 3/28 (2006.01); A42B 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/185 (2013.01) [A42B 3/06 (2013.01); A42B 3/28 (2013.01); A42B 3/324 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle helmet adapted to be used with eyewear, the helmet comprising:
an impact-absorbing body having an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface and adapted to be positioned over a user's head, the body including an aperture formed in the exterior surface and dimensioned to permit insertion of a portion of the eyewear into the aperture along an insertion axis;
a resilient wiper positioned at least partially in the aperture and arranged to engage the portion of the eyewear when the portion of the eyewear is inserted into the aperture; and
an alignment feature defining at least a portion of the aperture and oriented to guide the portion of the eyewear toward the resilient wiper.