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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Simpson Performance Products, Inc., Mooresville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Trevor P. Ashline, Mooresville, NC (US);
Assignee:
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC., New Braunfels, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 22/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/0406 (2013.01); B60R 22/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system of tethers and a helmet cooperating with the tethers for controlling a driver's head during operation of a vehicle. The system of tethers includes a pair of side tethers for attachment to the sides of the helmet and to a head and neck restraint device and either at least two rear tethers having first ends for attachment to the helmet and second ends for attachment to shoulder straps or a support member or a single rear tether having an intermediate portion attached to a support member and opposed end portions for attachment to the helmet.