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The Hard Hat®

The Flexible Helmet - A New Concept!

 

  

Technology and Product Overview

The Hard Hat® is a basic redesign concept for all protective helmets. The concept drastically reduces bulk by eliminating the need for any materials or structures used for size or fit purposes. The Helmet design achieves the intended result by separating part of two helmet shells into several pieces and reattaching them elastically in an overlapping arrangement. The helmet design is illustrated below.

The invention comprises a flexible helmet constructed of an inner layer of padded segments of relatively rigid material attached to each other by panels of elastic material which interconnects them with an overlying outer layer of relatively rigid segments of material absent of padding and includes a crown structure. The segments of the inner layer extend longitudinally from the crown structure and are held in close abutment along their longitudinally margin by the elastic panels. The elastic panels also position the outer segments, which also extend longitudinally from the crown structure, over the longitudinal abutments of the inner layer of segments. The longitudinal margins of the outer layer segments therefore overlap the longitudinal margins of any two abutting inner segments.
The above arrangement permits the construction of a helmet assembly which provides complete protection from impact over the entire surface of the wearer's head. Due to the overlapping segments relative to the inner padded structures, there is no point on the helmet surface which does not present a structurally sound resistance to impact.
This approach therefore provides a flexible helmet with superior responsiveness and conformity to the wearer's head shape and size while simultaneously providing complete protection from impact. This concept of construction also permits a very compact assembly resulting in streamlined aerodynamic resistance and maximum maneuverability and stability. Important additional advantages are simplicity and economy of manufacture due in part to the limited diversity of materials necessary for construction. The finished product is shown below.

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Further Information:

Please call 919-494-2103 to order your custom THE HARD HAT flexible helmet.
This information is excerpted from the Commercialization Assessment Report created by University of Florida College of Engineering for Airventures Uninsured, Inc.. The detailed report is available from the company at Airventures Uninsured, Inc., P.O. Box 264, Franklinton, N.C. 27525 USA, Telephone 919-494-2103. Email us for it now!