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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Wesson, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Samuel Kass, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bell Sports, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/125 (2013.01); A42B 3/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
An alpine helmet for protecting the head of a wearer while the helmet is worn over a broad temperature range includes an outer shell and an energy dissipating internal padding assembly coupled to the outer shell. The padding assembly includes a first pad layer disposed inwardly of a second pad layer which may be adjacent an inner surface of the helmet shell. The first pad layer includes an arrangement of structural alterations that affect the performance of the first layer.