Pivoting headgear system

A pivoting protective headgear system includes a head suspension and two pivots coupled to the head suspension. A protective headgear element is pivotally connected to each pivot. In one exemplary embodiment, two transition arms are coupled to the head suspension and extend longitudinally extending...

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Main Authors LINDERSTRAND, ARNE O, AHLGREN, LARS-OLOV, LILENTHAL, NIKLAS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.03.2012
Subjects
HATS
HEAD COVERINGS
HEADWEAR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
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Summary:A pivoting protective headgear system includes a head suspension and two pivots coupled to the head suspension. A protective headgear element is pivotally connected to each pivot. In one exemplary embodiment, two transition arms are coupled to the head suspension and extend longitudinally extending away from the head suspension, and each transition arm has a distal end and a pivot at the distal end. In another exemplary embodiment, two pivots are coupled to the head suspension and each pivot has an axis of rotation configured to be below any portion of an ear of a user. In a further exemplary embodiment, two pivots are each spaced apart from the headband and coupled to the headband, and the headband is configured to be disposed against a forehead of a user and each pivot has an axis of rotation below the headband.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20080311041