Adjustable sport helmet

12102,165

17/621045

July 03, 2020

A sport helmet has an outer shell including a first shell and a second shell movable relative to the first shell; levers hingedly connected to the first shell on left and right sides of the sport helmet for adjustably securing the first and second shells together; and finger-engageable locking actuators for selectively allowing movement of the levers from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the finger-engageable locking actuators being engaged to anchoring projections receivable within anchoring apertures, the finger-engageable locking actuators movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position movements of the levers relative to the first shell are limited via the anchoring projections, and wherein in the unlocked position the anchoring projections are disengaged from the anchoring apertures such that the levers are pivotable between the engaged position and the disengaged position.

SPORT MASKA INC. (Montreal, CA)

SPORT MASKA INC. (St-Laurent, CA)

1. A sport helmet for receiving a head of a wearer, comprising: an outer shell including a first shell and a second shell movable relative to the first shell; levers hingedly connected to the first shell on left and right sides of the sport helmet for adjustably securing the first and second shells together, the levers of the first shell including first members engageable to second members of the second shell, the first and second members defining at least two attachment points each corresponding to a respective one of at least two sizes of the sport helmet, the levers pivotable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein in the engaged position the first shell is secured to the second shell via cooperating engagement of the first members with the second members at a corresponding one of the at least two attachment points, and wherein in the disengaged position the first members are disengaged from the second members such that the first shell is slidably movable relative to the second shell to adjust a size of the sport helmet; and finger-engageable locking actuators for selectively allowing movement of the levers from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the finger-engageable locking actuators mounted to one of the outer shell and the levers, each one of the finger-engageable locking actuators having a body; the body including at least one anchoring projection protruding away from the body, the anchoring projection displaceable between an extended position and a retracted position receivable within anchoring apertures, the finger-engageable locking actuators movable between a locked position, wherein the anchoring projections are in the extended position and received within corresponding anchoring apertures and an unlocked position, wherein the anchoring projections are in the retracted position, the anchoring apertures defined by another the one of the outer shell and the levers, wherein in the locked position movements of the levers relative to the first shell are limited by the anchoring projections that are received within the anchoring apertures, and wherein in the unlocked position the anchoring projections are disengaged from the anchoring apertures such that the levers are pivotable between the engaged position and the disengaged position.

2. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein, each of the left and right sides, the first shell is attached to the second shell via at least two connectors received through at least two apertures defined through the first shell and through at least two longitudinal slots defined through the second shell, the at least two connectors slidable within the at least two longitudinal slots.

3. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein the first shell defines left and right openings, the second members of the second shell extending through the left and right openings.

4. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein the first members of the levers are left and right sets of inner teeth protruding from lateral walls of the levers and oriented toward the first shell and wherein the second members are left and right outer teeth each protruding away the second shell, teeth of the left and right sets of inner teeth engageable with the left and right outer teeth to limit movement of the first shell relative to the second shell.

5. The sport helmet of claim 4 , wherein the left and right outer teeth define cavities sized to removably receive therein left and right selected ones of the teeth of the left and right sets of inner teeth.

6. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein each of the levers is received within a respective one of recesses defined by the first shell on the left and right sides of the sport helmet, each of the recesses partially enclosed between upper and lower walls of the first shell, the levers having top and bottom walls facing the upper and lower walls of the first shell upon the levers in the engaged position.

7. The sport helmet of claim 6 , wherein the anchoring projections include, for each of the levers, at least one anchoring projection extending from one or both of the top and bottom walls of the levers and wherein the anchoring apertures include, for each of the two recesses, at least one anchoring aperture defined through one or both of the upper and lower walls of the first shell.

8. The sport helmet of claim 7 , wherein, for each of the levers, the at least one anchoring projection includes two anchoring projections each extending from a respective one of the top and bottom walls and receivable with a respective one of two anchoring apertures each defined through a respective one of the upper and lower walls of the first shell.

9. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein the finger-engageable locking actuators are partially received within the levers and movable with the levers between the engaged position and the disengaged position.

10. The sport helmet of claim 9 , wherein each of the finger-engageable locking actuators is secured to a respective one of the anchoring projections via a flexible arm, the levers defining notches, the flexible arms abuttable against the notches and bendable upon contact with the notches thereby moving the anchoring projections out of the anchoring apertures upon the finger-engageable locking actuators moved from their locked position to their unlocked position.

11. The sport helmet of claim 10 , wherein each of the finger-engageable locking actuators includes two flexible arms each having a respective one of the anchoring projections at distal ends thereof.

12. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein the finger-engageable locking actuators are movable in a direction perpendicular to pivot axes of the levers.

13. The sport helmet of claim 1 , wherein the first shell is a front shell and the second shell is a rear shell of the sport helmet.

14. A sport helmet for receiving a head of a wearer, comprising: an outer shell including a first shell and a second shell movable relative to one another to adjust a size of the sport helmet, the first shell including two side portions protruding away from a remainder of the first shell, the two side portions at least partially overlapping the second shell and ending at distal ends, the two side portions defining recesses each including an upper wall, a lower wall, and a side wall extending from the upper wall to the lower wall; an adjustment mechanism operable to select a size of the sport helmet, the adjustment mechanism including levers on left and right sides of the sport helmet and receivable within the recesses, the levers hingedly connected to the first shell via hinges located opposite the distal ends of the two side portions, each of the levers having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a lateral wall extending from the top wall to the bottom wall, the levers pivotable from an engaged position in which the first shell is secured to the second shell and in which the top walls and the bottom walls at least partially overlap the upper walls and the lower walls of the recesses and a disengaged position in which the first shell is slidably movable relative to the second shell to adjust the size of the sport helmet; and finger-engageable locking actuators located between the top walls and the bottom walls of the levers and proximate the distal ends of the side portions, the finger-engageable locking actuators movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the finger-engageable locking actuators including anchoring projections protruding outwardly from the levers and received within anchoring apertures in the outer shell when in the locked position, and in the unlocked position the finger-engageable locking actuators allowing movement of the levers from the engaged position to the disengaged position.

15. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the recesses are open at the distal end of the side portions of the first shell.

16. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the finger-engageable locking actuators are attached to the levers and slidably movable within lever recesses of the levers.

17. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein, for each of the left and right sides, the first shell is attached to the second shell via at least two connectors received through at least two apertures defined through the first shell and through at least two slots defined through the second shell, the at least two connectors slidable within the at least two slots.

18. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the levers define first members engageable to second members defined by the second shell.

19. The sport helmet of claim 18 , wherein the first members of the levers are left and right sets of inner teeth and oriented toward the first shell and wherein the second members are left and right outer teeth each protruding away the second shell, teeth of the left and right sets of inner teeth engageable with the left and right outer teeth.

20. The sport helmet of claim 19 , wherein the left and right outer teeth define cavities sized to removably receive left and right selected ones of the teeth of the left and right sets of inner teeth.

21. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the finger-engageable locking actuators are engaged to anchoring projections received within anchoring apertures, the finger-engageable locking actuators movable from a locked position in which movements of the levers are limited via the anchoring projections received within the anchoring apertures to an unlocked position in which the anchoring projections are disengaged from the anchoring apertures and in which the levers are pivotable from the engaged position to the disengaged position.

22. The sport helmet of claim 21 , wherein the anchoring projections include, for each of the levers, at least one anchoring projection extending from one or both of the top and bottom walls of the levers and wherein the anchoring apertures include, for each of the two recesses, at least one anchoring aperture defined through one or both of the upper and lower walls of the first shell.

23. The sport helmet of claim 22 , wherein, for each of the levers, the at least one anchoring projection includes two anchoring projections each extending from a respective one of the top and bottom walls and receivable with a respective one of two anchoring apertures each defined through a respective one of the upper and lower walls of the first shell.

24. The sport helmet of claim 23 , wherein each of the finger-engageable locking actuators is secured to a respective one of the anchoring projections via a flexible arm, the levers defining notches, the flexible arms abuttable against the notches and bendable upon contact with the notches thereby moving the anchoring projections out of the anchoring apertures upon the finger-engageable locking actuators moved from the locked position to the unlocked position.

25. The sport helmet of claim 24 , wherein each of the finger-engageable locking actuators includes two flexible arms each having a respective one of the anchoring projections at distal ends thereof.

26. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the finger-engageable locking actuators are movable in a direction perpendicular to pivot axes of the levers.

27. The sport helmet of claim 14 , wherein the first shell is a front shell and the second shell is a rear shell of the sport helmet.

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