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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Larry E. Maddux, Salem, IL (US);
Raymond J. Drake, Jr., Salem, IL (US);
Louis Anthony Vanhoutin, Luka, IL (US);
Vincent R. Long, St. Peters, MO (US);
Cortney Warmouth, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Larry E. Maddux, Salem, IL (US);
Raymond J. Drake, Jr., Salem, IL (US);
Louis Anthony VanHoutin, Luka, IL (US);
Vincent R. Long, St. Peters, MO (US);
Cortney Warmouth, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Kranos IP Corporation, Litchfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A helmet has a shell with a front opening covered by a faceguard of elongated wire segments. Loopstraps engage around wire segments at sides and a crown of the shell and fasteners connect the loopstraps to the shell. The fasteners each have a nut extending from an inside of the helmet shell out into a hole of the shell and an aperture of the loopstrap, and a stud removably connected to the nut by pushing and turning the stud by about a quarter turn to lock the stud to the nut. A tension spring between a head of the stud and the loopstrap urges the stud away from the nut when the stud is rotated to unlock the stud for facilitating a quick removal of the stud from the nut and a quick disconnection of the loopstrap and faceguard from the helmet shell.