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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Riddell, Inc., Rosemont, IL (US);
Chris Withnall, Nepean, CA;
Michael Wonnacott, Ottawa, CA;
Vittorio Bologna, Medinah, IL (US);
Thad M. Ide, Chicago, IL (US);
Ralph Infusino, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Nelson Kraemer, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Riddell, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A protective sports helmet that includes an energy attenuating faceguard connection system, which includes at least one connector that secures the faceguard to the helmet shell without a connection point in the shell's brow region. The sports helmet can be configured as a football helmet to be worn by a player and where the lack of a brow region connection point results in a gap or clearance between the faceguard and the shell that has a functional interplay with the connector upon an impact to the faceguard. The football helmet has a unique collection of helmet shell features that include an arrangement of a raised central band, lateral ridges, frontal vent openings and rear vent openings.