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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Riddell, Inc., Des Plaines, 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 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. In general terms, when a substantially on-center impact to the faceguard occurs, the faceguard is displaced towards the shell and the connector bracket flexes outward relative to the helmet shell to help dissipate impact energy.