An apparatus for a helmet including a receiver adapted for connecting with an accessory. The apparatus comprises a visor adapted to releasably connect with the receiver, the visor including a repeater adapted to connect with the accessory when the visor is connected to the receiver. The visor may also be adapted to connect with additional items or accessories aside from via the receiver, such as by including a mounting assembly having a picatinny rail. Related methods are also disclosed.

An apparatus for a helmet including a receiver adapted for connecting with an accessory. The apparatus comprises a visor adapted to releasably connect with the receiver, the visor including a repeater adapted to connect with the accessory when the visor is connected to the receiver. The visor may also be adapted to connect with additional items or accessories aside from via the receiver, such as by including a mounting assembly having a picatinny rail. Related methods are also disclosed.

A helmet apparatus for displaying a surrounding environment to a user includes a shell with cameras mounted to the shell. The cameras view respectively forwardly, rearwardly, and laterally from the shell, and a display is provided which shows images and video captured by the cameras on a visor also mounted to the shell.

A helmet apparatus for displaying a surrounding environment to a user includes a shell with cameras mounted to the shell. The cameras view respectively forwardly, rearwardly, and laterally from the shell, and a display is provided which shows images and video captured by the cameras on a visor also mounted to the shell.

A protective football helmet is provided having a one-piece molded shell with an impact attenuation system. This system includes an impact attenuation member formed in an extent of the front shell portion by removing material from the front portion. The impact attenuation member is purposely engineered to change how the front portion responds to an impact force applied substantially normal to the front portion as compared to how other portions of the shell respond to that impact force. In one version, the impact attenuation member is a cantilevered segment formed in the front portion of the shell.

A protective sports helmet that includes a chin strap system that allows for rapid, one-handed adjustment of a chin strap assembly by the player while he/she is wearing the helmet is provided. The chin strap assembly includes a protective chin cup and a pair of straps extending from opposed sides of the chin cup and having a plurality of securing elements. The assembly also includes a pair of adjustable connectors affixed to the helmet and that include a central opening that receives an extent of the strap and a lever that engages a portion of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in a first direction, and prevents movement of the strap in a second direction when the lever is engaged with at least one of the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in both the first and second directions when the lever is not engaged with the securing elements.

A helmet comprises a shell having a front portion, a rear portion, and a pair of lateral portions extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The shell is sized and configured to be placeable on the head of a user. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a pair of end portions and an intermediate portion located between the pair of end portions. The end portions are fixedly connected to respective ones of the pair of lateral portions of the shell so as to restrict movement of the end portions relative to the shell. The chin strap is flexible to facilitate placement of the chin strap around a chin of a user in connection with placement of the shell on the head of the user.

A helmet comprises a shell having a front portion, a rear portion, and a pair of lateral portions extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The shell is sized and configured to be placeable on the head of a user. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a pair of end portions and an intermediate portion located between the pair of end portions. The end portions are fixedly connected to respective ones of the pair of lateral portions of the shell so as to restrict movement of the end portions relative to the shell. The chin strap is flexible to facilitate placement of the chin strap around a chin of a user in connection with placement of the shell on the head of the user.

The present disclosure relates to a locking means for chin guard, and the locking means for chin guard according to the present disclosure is equipped in a helmet including a helmet body (10) and a chin guard (20) rotatably coupled to the helmet body (10), and includes a first fastening portion (100) formed in any one of the chin guard (20) and the helmet body (10), a second fastening portion (200) formed in the other one of the chin guard (20) and the helmet body (10), and into which the first fastening portion (100) is inserted, and a shutter portion (300) covering the second fastening portion (200), wherein when the first fastening portion (100) is inserted into the second fastening portion (200), the shutter portion (300) opens the second fastening portion (200).

The present disclosure relates to a helmet, and the helmet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a chin curtain (100) disposed at a chin guard (20) of a helmet body (10), wherein the chin curtain (100) rotates with respect to the chin guard (20).