Video camera housing for football helmet

摘要

Football helmet with video system has a rigid shell with front and back portions. An impact absorbing pad assembly and underlying comfort liner assembly are removably attached in the shell. A face guard of connected bars has a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell by one or more connectors with a nose bumper between the center bar and the shell. The nose bumper has a concave inner surface engaged flat against a convex outer surface of the front portion and a video optics housing extending forwardly of the nose bumper and containing an imager. A battery housing is connected in the shell for a battery, a circuitry housing is connected to the shell for video camera circuitry and wiring connects the imager and the battery housing to the video circuitry.

主权项

1. A football helmet for integrated video system comprising:
a rigid shell adapted to cover the head of a wearer, the rigid shell having an outer surface and an inner surface, the shell having a front portion with a convex outer surface, a crown portion, a pair of opposite side portions, and a back portion with a convex outer surface; an impact absorbing pad assembly removably attached to the inner surface of the rigid shell; a comfort liner assembly removably attached to an inner surface of at least part of the impact absorbing pad assembly; a face guard comprising a cage of connected together bars having a pair of side parts connected to respective side portions of the shell, and an upper part having a center bar connected to the front portion of the shell; a nose bumper connected to the front portion of the shell, the nose bumper having a base portion with a concave inner surface engaged flat against the convex outer surface of the front portion of the shell, a video optics housing connected to and extending forwardly of the base portion of the nose bumper, the video optics housing containing an imager; at least one face guard connector for connecting the center bar to the face guard over the nose bumper and to the front portion of the shell; a battery housing connected to the inner surface of the shell for supporting a battery; a circuitry housing connected to the shell, the circuitry housing containing video camera circuitry; and wiring connecting the imager and battery housing and to the video circuitry.