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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Smith Optics, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
James A. Chilson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Smith Optics, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/06 (2006.01); A42B 3/28 (2006.01); B29C 44/12 (2006.01); B29C 44/56 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/063 (2013.01); A42B 3/062 (2013.01); A42B 3/283 (2013.01); B29C 44/12 (2013.01); B29C 44/1214 (2013.01); B29C 44/5681 (2013.01); B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are helmets comprising at least one surface reinforcing component. In some embodiments the surface reinforcing component comprises at least one anchoring feature embedded in a structural feature of the helmet, such as a force absorbing element. In other embodiments, the surface reinforcing component comprises fasteners configured to mate with a respective fastener on a shell of the helmet.