JPH0220179Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] A. Purpose of the invention (1) Industrial application field The present invention is intended for helmets used by motorcycle occupants, particularly for helmets that are fixed to the inner surface of the shell of the cap body via a fastener. This invention relates to a helmet in which a portion near the base end of a belt is covered with a cheek rest.

(2) Conventional technology Conventionally, in this type of helmet, vinyl leather was sewn to the vicinity of the proximal end of the chin belt as a cheek rest, and side pads were attached to the outside of the chin belt. was lined directly on the inner surface of the shell.

(3) Problems to be solved by the invention In the conventional device described above, the chin belt, cheek rest, and side pads were each independently attached to the inner surface of the shell or the chin belt, so the mounting structure was relatively simple. There were problems in that it was complicated and the chin belt fastener was exposed inside the cap, making it unsightly.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and aims to provide a helmet that can solve all of the above problems of conventional helmets.

B. Structure of the invention (1) Means for solving the problems According to the invention, in order to achieve the above object, a portion near the proximal end of the chin belt is fixed to the inner surface of the shell of the cap body via a fastener. In the helmet, the cheek rest is formed into a cylindrical shape that is flat in the left-right direction of the cap body so that the chin belt passes vertically inside the helmet, and there is a space between the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest. a mounting piece into which the lower end of the side pad is inserted, which is connected to the upper end of the outer wall of the cheek rest and at least partially contacts the inner surface of the shell; and at least a portion of the inner surface of the mounting piece. The fasteners that are in contact with each other are fastened together to the shell with a common rivet passing through them, and a part of the side pad is held between the fasteners and the mounting piece,
Furthermore, a cover piece that covers the fastener and rivet is continuously provided at the upper end of the inner wall of the cheek rest.

(2) Action Insert the lower end of the side pad between the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest, and with a part of the pad sandwiched between the stopper and the mounting piece, attach the stopper and the mounting piece. By simply fastening them together with rivets to the inner surface of the shell, the fasteners and cheek rests are firmly fixed to the inner surface of the shell, and the side pads can be attached to the cap without any special lining on the inner surface of the shell. Easily held in place on the body.

In addition, when the cheek rest is fully assembled, the rivets and fasteners are always properly covered by the covering pieces connected to the inner wall of the cheek rest. The lower ends of the side pads are inserted into the cheek rests, and the lower ends of the side pads are inserted between the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest, so that there is no possibility that the fasteners or the like will come into direct contact with the cheek rests.

Further, the outside of the side pad is held between the outside wall of the cheek rest and the attachment piece, and the inside of the side pad is held between the inside wall of the cheek rest, the chin belt, and the stopper over a wide range in the vertical direction of the side pad. This makes it difficult for the side pads to get caught on the side of the wearer's head when the wearer puts on the helmet, and allows the side pads to accurately move inward and outward in response to the inward and outward deflection of the cheek rest. I can do it.

(3) Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 5, 1 is a helmet for a rider of a motorcycle, and a shell 3 forming the outer shell of a cap body 2 is a helmet. It is composed of an upper shell 3a made of hard highly reinforced synthetic resin that covers the upper side of the wearer's head, and a lower shell 3b made of hard synthetic resin that extends downward from the upper shell 3a and covers the lower side of the wearer's head. 3a and 3b are joined together by adhesive and a plurality of rivets 4. A rubber seal string 5 is bonded to the outer periphery of the joint, and a slightly wide seal piece 5a is bonded to the rivet 4 joint. A plurality of grooves 6a are formed at the rear of the outer surface of the lower shell 3b, the upper edges of which are recessed toward the inside of the shell, and an exhaust hole 6 is formed between the grooves 6a and the upper shell 3a. .

A buffer liner 8 made of foamed polystyrene is inserted into the inner surface of the shell 3, and several elongated upper pads 9 made of urethane foam with excellent cushioning properties are provided on the ceiling surface of the liner 8. A headband-shaped sweatband 10 having breathability and cushioning properties is adhered to each surface. The front wall of the buffer liner 8 is provided with a plurality of relatively small diameter air guide holes 11 (two in this embodiment) that communicate with the inside of the cap body 2. It has an opening 11a. Also, a buffer liner 8 facing the exhaust hole 6
An air supply hole 12 communicating with the exhaust hole 6 is bored in the.

At the front end of the lower shell 3b and below the sweatband 10, a pair of side pads 14 covering the ears of the helmet wearer, a cheek rest 15 and a chin belt 16 connected thereto are disposed.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the side pad 14 is formed by adhering a V-shaped pad 18 made of urethane foam with excellent cushioning properties to the lower peripheral edge of a substantially triangular substrate 17. The bottom pad 18a is slightly thinner than its front and rear ends. Further, a hole 20 into which the rivet 4 is loosely inserted is bored above the central portion of the substrate 17.

The cheek rest 15 is made of highly flexible synthetic resin and has an inner wall 22, an outer wall 24, and a pair of front and rear end walls 19 that connect the opposing end surfaces of these side walls.
The cap body is formed into a cylindrical shape that is flat in the left-right direction and widens toward the top, and its upper surface is entirely open, and its lower surface is closed by a bottom wall with a slit 21. Said outer wall 2
A substantially triangular mounting piece 25 extending upward is integrally formed at the upper end of 4, and near the top thereof,
A small hole 26 is drilled through the rivet 4. The inner wall 22 has a large number of small-diameter ventilation holes 23 that communicate with the inside and outside of the cheek rest 15, and the outer surface of the outer wall 24 has an appropriate number of grooves 24a that promote flexibility of the cheek rest 15. engraved.

Furthermore, the inner and outer walls 22 and 24 of the cheek rest 15
The lower end of the side pad 14, that is, the bottom pad 18a is inserted between the open upper surface thereof, and the lower portions of both front and rear ends of the side pad 14 are engaged with the pair of front and rear end walls 19. It is placed there.

One end of the chin belt 16 is tied to a fastener 28, and the middle part of the belt 16 is attached to the cheek rest via a tongue-shaped covering piece 29 glued to the upper outer surface of the inner wall 22 of the cheek rest 15. It vertically penetrates the hollow part of 15 and extends outside of the cut groove 21. The cover piece 29 is attached to the inner end of the rivet 4 and the stopper 28.
This is to cover the clasp 28 and the like to prevent it from coming into direct contact with the wearer's skin, and is located further inside the cap body than the clasp 28.

The upper end of the stopper 28 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the mounting piece 25, and a small hole 27 through which the rivet 4 passes is bored. Therefore, the stopper 28
and the mounting piece 25 are fastened together with the rivet 4, and in the jointly fastened state, the base plate 17 of the side pad 14 is held between the stopper 28 and the mounting piece 25.
The opening edge (especially the lower edge) of the hole 20 is integrally clamped and fixed.

The lower edge of the lower shell 3b of the cap body 2 is connected to the cap body 2.
The bent portion 3c is bent inward, and the front end 3d of the bent portion 3c is inclined slightly upwardly toward the front with respect to the cap body 2, and an elongated slit 31 is formed. Also,
A tongue piece 32 extends from the upper end of the lower shell 3b, and a small hole 33 is bored in the center of the tongue piece 32.

Side pad 14 and cheek rest 1 with the above configuration
5. To attach the chin belt 16 to the cap body 2, first insert the attachment piece 25 of the cheek rest 15 into the slit 31 of the lower shell 3b from below. Next, cheek rest 15
Between the outer walls 22 and 24, the bottom side pad 1 of the side pad 14 is inserted from the open upper surface of the cheek rest 15.
8a, and the lower portions of both front and rear ends of the side pads 14 are engaged and placed on the upper ends of the pair of front and rear end walls 19 of the cheek rest 15. After that, cheek pad 1
At the same time, the upper end of the mounting piece 25 of No. 5 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the lower shell 3b, and the upper end of the stopper 28 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the mounting piece 25. At this time, the hole 20 of the substrate 17 is The small hole 27 of the fastener 28 is surrounded, and the opening edge (especially the lower edge) of the hole 20b of the board 17 is sandwiched between the mounting piece 25 and the fastener 28, and then the small hole of each member is closed. 26, 27,
33 are superimposed on each other, a rivet 4 is inserted into them from the outside of the upper shell 3a, and the rivet connection is performed (see FIG. 5).

In this way, the fastener 28 and the cheek rest 15 can be firmly fixed to the inner surface of the shell 3 using the common rivet 4, and the side pads 14 can be attached to the cap body 2 without lining the inner surface of the shell 3. Since they can be easily and accurately fixed in a fixed position, the mounting structure of the fasteners 28, cheek rests 15, and side pads 14 is greatly simplified as a whole.

In addition, in FIG. 5, the cheek rest 15 on the right side is equipped with a known attachment/detachment member 34 for attaching and detaching an adjustment fitting 30 for adjusting the length of the chin belt 16 to suit the wearer.

In the figure, 35 and 36 are a visor and a transparent shield plate attached to the front surface of the cap body 2, and these are attached to the cap body 2 by an attachment member 37. Further, the visor 35 has a window 39 opened and closed by an opening/closing lid 38 on a surface facing the opening 11a of the front wall of the cap body.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

In order for the user to wear the helmet of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the adjustment fitting 30 is set on the detachable member 34 provided on the right cheek rest 15 by a known method, the left and right chin belts 16 are connected, and the Tighten the belt while adjusting the length using the adjustment fitting 30.
The left and right cheek rests 15 are pulled inward by the chin belt 16, but the inner wall 2 of the cylindrical cheek rests 15
2 from coming into direct and strong contact with the user's cheek. At that time, the outer wall 24 of the cheek rest 15 is attached to the mounting piece 2.
Since the cheek rest 15 and the cheek rest 15 are held in a connected state with the shell 3 through the cap 5, there is no gap between the cheek rest 15 and the cap body 2, and the cap body 2 and the cheek rest 15 have a sense of unity and are not unsightly in appearance. .

Incidentally, the inner wall 22 of the cheek rest 15 is provided with a large number of ventilation holes 23 that communicate with the inside and outside of the cheek rest 15, so that even if the wearer of the cap body 2 sweats from around his cheeks while running, this will be prevented. Sweat evaporates through the vent hole 23 and the hollow part of the cheek rest 15, thereby preventing the cheeks from becoming sweaty.

C. Effects of the invention As described above, according to the invention, in the helmet in which the vicinity of the proximal end of the chin belt fixed to the inner surface of the shell of the cap body via the fastener is covered by the cheek rest, the cheek rest has the following features: It is formed into a flat cylindrical shape in the left-right direction of the cap body so that the chin belt can pass through it vertically, and the lower end of the side pad is inserted between the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest. A mounting piece connected to the upper end of the outer wall of the cover and at least partially in contact with the inner surface of the shell, and the fastener, at least partially in contact with the inner surface of the mounting piece, have a common joint passing through them. It is fastened together to the shell with a rivet, and a part of the side pad is held between the fastener and the mounting piece, and the fastener and the rivet are attached to the upper end of the inner wall of the cheek rest. Since the cover pieces that cover the side pads are connected, the lower end of the side pads is inserted between the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest, and a part of the side pads is sandwiched between the fastener and the mounting piece. By simply riveting the fastener and the mounting piece together on the inner surface of the shell, the fastener and the cheek rest can be firmly fixed to the inner surface of the shell, and the side pads can be fixed to the inner surface of the shell. The cap body can be easily and accurately held in place without special lining, etc. Therefore, the mounting structure of the fasteners, cheek rests, and side pads can be greatly simplified as a whole, reducing costs and reducing costs. This can greatly contribute to improving the ease of assembly. In addition, when the cheek rest is fully assembled, the rivets and fasteners can always be accurately covered by the cover pieces connected to the inner wall of the cheek rest, so the appearance around the fasteners is good. Of course, it is possible to effectively prevent the fasteners etc. from coming into direct contact with the wearer's skin, and the cheek rest, which is treated as a single component including the cover piece, is a covering means for the rivets and the fasteners. Since it is also used for both, the structure is simplified to that extent, and it is possible to further reduce costs and improve ease of assembly. Further, the outside of the side pad is held between the outside wall of the cheek rest and the attachment piece, and the inside of the side pad is held between the inside wall of the cheek rest, the chin belt, and the stopper over a wide range in the vertical direction of the side pad. This effectively prevents the side pads from rolling up due to catching on the side of the head when the wearer puts on the helmet. The side pads can be accurately moved inward and outward, allowing for smooth attachment and detachment of the cap body and providing a good fit when worn.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a helmet for a motorcycle occupant showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line -- of FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the vicinity of the side pad. 1...Helmet, 2...Cap body, 3...Ciel, 4...Rivets, 14...Side pads, 15
... Cheek rest, 16 ... Chin belt, 22 ... Inner wall, 24 ... Outer wall, 25 ... Mounting piece, 28 ...
Fastener, 29...covering piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A portion near the proximal end of the chin belt 16 fixed to the inner surface of the shell 3 of the cap body 2 via a fastener 28 is attached to the cheek rest 1.
In the helmet covered by 5, the cheek rest 15 is formed into a cylindrical shape that is flat in the left-right direction of the cap body 2 so that the chin belt 16 vertically passes through the cheek rest 15, and the inner and outer walls of the cheek rest 15 are 22,2
A lower end portion of the side pad 14 is inserted between the mounting pieces 25, which are connected to the upper end portion of the outer wall 24 of the cheek rest 15 and at least partially contact the inner surface of the shell 3; The fastener 28, which is at least partially in contact with the inner surface of the piece 25, is fastened together to the shell 3 with a common rivet 4 passing through them, and the fastener 28, which is in contact with the inner surface of the piece 25, is fastened together to the shell 3, and between the fastener 28 and the mounting piece 25, A part of the side pad 14 is held, and the upper end of the inner wall 22 of the cheek rest 15 has a
A cover piece 29 that covers the fastener 28 and the rivet 4
A helmet characterized by a series of .