Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a protective headgear assembly having a suspension system with user controls for independently adjusting a front loop length and an occipital loop length. In an illustrative example, the front loop length may lie in a substantially horizontal plane, and the occipital loop length may lie substantially in a plane that intersects the front loop length at non-zero angle such that the occipital loop length descends posterior a user ear to cradle a user occipital. In some examples, an intersection of the front loop length and the occipital loop length may fit proximal the user ear after adjusting the frontal loop length and the occipital loop length to circumferentially fit a user head. In some examples, the user control for the front length may provide a macro adjustment and the user control for the occipital length may provide a micro adjustment.

A bicycle helmet for protecting the head of a wearer includes an outer shell and an energy dissipating inner layer coupled to the outer shell. The inner layer defines an inner surface, and front attachment locations are inwardly offset from the inner surface substantially at a frontal portion of the helmet. Rear attachment locations are inwardly offset from the inner surface substantially at a rear portion of the helmet. An internal ventilation system is supported by the front attachment locations and the rear attachment locations. The internal ventilation system is configured for direct engagement with the head of the wearer for supporting the helmet upon the head of the wearer. The internal ventilation system provides a gap between the head of the wearer and the inner surface. The gap allows ventilating air to flow over a substantial extent of the wearer's head and within the helmet.

Systems and methods of a safety helmet for protecting the human head against repetitive impacts, moderate impacts and severe impacts so as to significantly reduce the likelihood of both translational and rotational brain injury and concussions may be provided. The helmet may include an outer shell, an outer liner disposed within and coupled to the outer shell, and an inner liner disposed within and coupled in spaced opposition to the outer liner. A damper array may allow for omnidirectional movement of the inner liner relative to the outer liner and the outer shell.

Systems and methods are provided for welding headgear with head strap tightness feedback and limiting. An example welding-type headgear includes a head strap component configured for engaging user's head, and a tightening mechanism configured for setting or adjusting tightness of the head strap component on the user's head, with the tightening mechanism including at least one tightening control component for enabling the setting or adjusting of the tightness of the head strap component. The tightening mechanism is configured to perform one or both of, providing feedback to indicate, when the tightness of the head strap component reaches a pre-set value, that the pre-set value is reached, and limiting, after the tightness of the head strap component reaches the pre-set value, the setting or adjusting the tightness of the head strap component via the at least one tightening control component to the pre-set value.

Systems and methods of a safety helmet for protecting the human head against repetitive impacts, moderate impacts and severe impacts so as to significantly reduce the likelihood of both translational and rotational brain injury and concussions may be provided. The helmet may include an outer shell, an outer liner disposed within and coupled to the outer shell, and an inner liner disposed within and coupled in spaced opposition to the outer liner. A damper array may allow for omnidirectional movement of the inner liner relative to the outer liner and the outer shell.

A protection band, insertable into a frontal area of a protective helmet, may include: an elongated body having curvature so as to substantially copy a shape of a user's forehead. The protection band may include an alveolar structure in which each alveolus of the alveolar structure has a closed bottom so that the protection band has a lower surface which attaches to the protective helmet, flat and closed, and an upper surface configured to contact the user's forehead with open alveoli.

A headband for a protection helmet comprises a strip forming at least a part of a ring around a user's head. An adjustment device adjusts a circumference of the ring. The end of the strip is fixed to an attachment point that is movable with respect to the body of the adjustment device. A rotary actuator is connected to the adjustment device by means of a transmission so that rotation of the rotary actuator results in the attachment point being moved with respect to the body. The transmission comprises a flexible transmission shaft configured to transfer a rotary torque applied on the rotary actuator into a rotary torque applied on the adjustment device to move the attachment point and modify the circumference of the ring. A protection helmet comprises such headband.

A helmet includes a shell having a front portion, a crown portion, and a rear portion. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a first attachment body and a second attachment body defining a strap length therebetween, with the chin strap being configured to allow for selective adjustment of the strap length. The first attachment body and the second attachment body are each pivotally connected to the shell such that the chin strap is selectively pivotable relative to the shell between a stored position and a deployed position. The chin strap moves toward the front portion of the shell as the chin strap pivots from the deployed position toward the stored position. At least a portion of the chin strap is semi-rigid so as to be disposable in tension and compression without changing shape.

A rear support of a helmet closure system includes a frame and a pair of arms. The frame has an upper end and a lower end with the lower end including a base member of a reel based closure device. The pair of arms are attached to the upper end of the frame and each arm of the pair of arms includes one or more guides that are configured to direct or route a tension member along a path. A lower end of each arm is typically separated from the lower end of the frame. The rear support also includes attachment means, such as longitudinally aligned grooves or recesses, that are positioned at the upper end of the frame. The attachment means enable the rear support to be coupled with a helmet.

A holder includes a fastening section for fastening to a helmet shell and a coupling section for connecting to a neck strap. The coupling section has a first side, a second side, a first marginal section, a second marginal section, and one or more connection bridges that each permanently connect the first marginal section and the second marginal section to one another. At least one fixing bridge that can be moved from a position in which it does not connect the first and second marginal sections to one another into a fixing position in which it connects the first and second marginal sections to one another. A continuous center section of the neck strap can be arranged at the connection bridges and a part section of the center section can be brought through a free space where it can be engaged through by the at least one fixing.