A face shield assembly for use with a hard hat to protect a user from injury caused by an arc-flash event. Ventilation slots are provided at the sides of the assembly below an apparatus used for connecting the face shield assembly to a hard hat. Alternatively, lower front ventilation slots are provided, which also improve voice communication by the user. The face shield assembly can have either side or front ventilation slots, or both.

A helmet includes an outer shell and a visor. The outer shell has a first plurality of coupling elements. The visor has a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an inner surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The visor includes a second plurality of coupling elements and a support. The second plurality of coupling element are disposed along the inner surface and positioned to selectively engage with the first plurality of coupling element to releasably couple the visor to the outer shell. The support extends from the inner surface of the visor and is positioned to engage with the outer shell

A multi-positional helmet visor system in which the visor can be repositioned to a plurality of positions. Cooperating structures in the visor and helmet inhibit the unwanted changes in visor position. The helmet uses a magnetic source disposed on a boss in a sliding element of the visor, which cooperates and mates with a series of ferromagnetic elements disposed in detents along the medial front to assist in holding the visor in place. The magnetic force and boss-detent structures inhibit unwanted movement of the visor. The visor may be inhibited from being lowered into the cyclist's field of view by sets of cooperating stops on the visor and helmet.

A helmet system is disclosed. The helmet system includes a body and a face shield assembly. The body is sized for being arranged upon a head of a user. The face shield assembly includes a visor member, a face guard member and at least one lock-down strap. The visor member is rotatably-attached to the body. The face guard member is arranged over the visor member. A first end of the at least one lock-down strap is connected to the face guard member. A second end of the at least one lock-down strap is selectively-attached to the body. A helmet system including a fluid gutter is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed

The invention belongs to the technical field of helmets and relates to a helmet with a transformable jaw protecting structure, wherein a jaw protector is reliably transformed between a full-face helmet position and a half-face helmet position in a gear constraint structure and mode, and the uniqueness and reversibility of a kinematical and geometrical locus of the jaw protector can be kept everywhere during a round trip. The helmet according to the invention has the greatest advantages that: the integrity of a whole structure of the mount and the jaw protector can be kept while implementing a transformable jaw protecting structure of the helmet in the meanwhile, thus ensuring that these core members have higher intensity and rigidity, and effectively enhancing the use safety of the helmet; in addition, an exposed slit may be dramatically reduced or even completely eliminated, buzzing noises derived by flowing an air current through a helmet housing surface and rainwater invasion may be significantly reduced, and a wearing comfort of the helmet is effectively improved; and besides, the difficulty in assembling the mount and the jaw protector is reduced and a precise gear engagement and constraint structure is adopted, so that the quality reliability of a helmet product can be effectively improved.

IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCED IN A CRANIAL PROTECTION CELL, formed by an outer shell (11, 20) internally coated by absorbent material (12, 12), said material comprising a first layer (21) immediately below the shell, of closed cell foam, rigid or semi-rigid in contact with a second layer (22) of open cell viscoelastic foam, the interface between said first and second layers being provided with interdigitations comprising cavities (24) in said first layer in which protrusions (23), provided in said second layer, fit in a complementary and cooperative manner. Absorbent supporting material are further provided in the jaw region (32), maxillary regions (33, 34) and mastoid regions. When closed, the visor (37) is embedded in the corresponding opening of the cranial protection cell, and its opening occurs in two steps, the former comprising forward movement, and the latter upward rotation. The cranial protection cell (CPC) further comprises a removable chin guard (54) whose unlocking mechanism is driven by buttons (51) located on either side of the shell.

The present disclosure relates to a rotating body fixing means for a helmet. The rotating body fixing means for a helmet, according to the present disclosure, is provided at the helmet comprising a helmet body (10) and a rotating body (20) rotatably coupled to the helmet body (10), and comprises a fixing part (100), which is slidably disposed at one side of the helmet body (10), slides such that the protruding degree thereof from the helmet body (10) varies, and comes in contact with the rotating body (20) when protruding from the helmet body (10).

The invention relates to a helmet, a method of manufacturing a helmet and a visor for a helmet. The helmet comprises a rigid shell dimensioned to receive the head of a wearer; a visor moveably attached to the shell and configurable between a first position in which the visor extends from a forward region of the shell and a second position in which the visor is substantially retracted with respect to the forward region of the shell, wherein in use actuation of the movement of the visor between the first position and the second position is automated on removal of the helmet from the head of a user.

A helmet visor system may include a helmet shaped to accommodate a headset, a visor lens and a visor apparatus to pivotally move the visor lens between a stored position and a deployed position. The deployed position may be defined as a majority of the visor lens being extended from the helmet, and the stored position may be defined as the majority of the visor lens being occluded by the helmet within an interior of the helmet. The visor lens may be pivotally moveable between the stored position and the deployed position so as not to interfere with the headset.

A closed face motorcycle helmet includes a shell with an eyeport and a shield attached for hinged or pivoted motion between a closed or lowered position covering and sealing the eyeport and an open position or raised position displaced above the eyeport. A hinge plate is attached to the shell on each side and includes a moving pivot socket into which a hub of the shield is rotatably disposed for hinged movement and rearward movement of the shield between the raised and lowered positions.