PROTECTIVE HELMET WITH PROTECTIVE FACEPIECE CONNECTION AND ADJUSTMENT PROVISION

摘要

The present invention discloses, in combination a protective helmet including an outer shell and a separate deformable inner impact shell mounted removably to the interior of the outer shell; a protective facepiece; and mounting means for mounting the facepiece removably to the separate deformable inner impact shell, and operable by the wearer of the helmet to force the facepiece into sealing engagement with the face of the wearer of the helmet; the mounting means are adjustable mounting means operable by the wearer to adjust the force with which the facepiece is forced into sealing engagement with the face of the wearer of the helmet; the protective helmet further includes a cradle of straps of webbing for engaging the head of the wearer of the helmet. The adjustable mounting means include: (i) first mounting means for mounting the cradle of straps of webbing removably to the inner impact shell and internally thereof, (ii) second mounting means mounted removably to the inner impact shell by the first mounting means, and (iii) adjustable interconnecting means for interconnecting the facepiece to the second mounting means operable by the wearer to force the facepiece into sealing engagement with the face of the wearer with adjustable force.