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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Justin R. Demps, Cookeville, TN (US);
Robert Brian Howard, Cookeville, TN (US);
J. L. Cherry, Gainsboro, TN (US);
Assignee:
Adams USA, Cookeville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/00 ; A42B 1/22 ; A63B 7/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/00 ; A42B 1/22 ; A63B 7/110 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a helmet with self-adjusting padding designed to adjust to various head sizes of individual wearers of the helmet. The protective helmet comprises a helmet shell having a interior surface, a first helmet pad, a second helmet pad, and at least one expandable band. Each of the first and second helmet pads comprise a first pad section attached to the interior surface of the helmet and a second pad section spaced away from the interior surface of the helmet. At least one expandable band is attached to each of the second pad sections.