US 11,700,903 B2
Adjustable helmet
Lucas Ferrari, Clinton, PA (US); Chinawut Paesang, Sewickley, PA (US); Charles P. Larson, Coraopolis, PA (US); and William E. Clegg, Gibsonia, PA (US)
Assigned to Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., Coraopolis, PA (US)
Filed by Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., Coraopolis, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/901,363.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,444, filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100311 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A42B 3/32 (2006.01); A42B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/324 (2013.01) [A42B 3/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable helmet, comprising:
a main shell, comprising:
a first side portion, and
a second side portion,
wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are laterally flexible with respect to one another between a first position and a second position;
a secondary shell coupled to the main shell at a location between the first side portion and the second side portion, wherein at least a portion of the first side portion and at least a portion of the second side portion each extends over at least a portion of a top surface of the secondary shell;
a tensioning device comprising an elastic component, wherein a first end of the elastic component is connected to the first side portion and a second end of the elastic component is connected to the second side portion so as to provide a tension force between the first side portion and the second side portion, the tension force biasing the first side portion and the second side portion towards the first position;
and an alignment component coupled to the elastic component, wherein the alignment component provides a centering point that will distribute the tension force equally between the first side portion and the second side portion as the first side portion and the second side portion flex relative to one another.