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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Paul A. Kele, Soquel, CA (US);
David M. Thompson, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A helmet comprising a helmet body and a chin bar is disclosed. The helmet body comprises an opening and two attachment anchors located opposite each other proximate a leading edge of the opening. Each attachment anchor comprises a pivot socket and a lock support. The chin bar comprises two opposing ends, each releasably coupled to a different attachment anchor. Each end of the chin bar comprises a locking mechanism engaged with a lock support of a different attachment anchor, and a pivot arm releasably and pivotally coupled to the pivot socket of the different attachment anchor. The chin bar is pivotable between a first angle and a second angle with respect to the helmet body, and the pivot arms are releasable from the pivot sockets of the helmet body while the locking mechanisms of the chin bar are disengaged from the lock supports of the helmet body.