US 11,722,871 B2
Bluetooth intercom accessory for helmets
Anthony Livano, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Anthony Livano, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/32,584.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,960, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112391 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); A42B 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [A42B 3/044 (2013.01); A42B 3/303 (2013.01); A42B 3/306 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle helmet, comprising:
a helmet portion and
a communications accessory securable to said vehicle helmet, wherein said vehicle helmet portion comprises a substantially continuous wall adapted to extend around the head of a user, said substantially continuous wall comprising right and left sidewall portions, a front wall portion and a rear wall portion, and said helmet wall portions each having a respective inside surface and a respective outside surface, said accessory comprising:
(a) a housing;
(b) a clip adapted to be secured to one of said sidewall portions of said a helmet, said clip comprising:
i) a resilient tongue member for engaging the inside surface of the helmet,
ii) a clamp member for frictionally engaging the outside of the helmet, wherein the clamp member comprises a frictional member comprising a rubber-like material, said frictional member configured, positioned and dimensioned to bear against the outside surface of the helmet, said frictional member including a forward frictional portion and a rearward frictional portion, said forward frictional portion and said rearward frictional portion defining a space therebetween, and said forward and rearward frictional portions having a thickness, said resilient tongue member mounted at a position on said clip where it is springingly urged toward the space between said forward and rearward frictional portions, said space being defined by the thickness of the forward and rearward frictional portions whereby the helmet is engaged by said forward and rearward frictional portions at two different points, said points being separated from each other and said clip is secured against rotation by the frictional engagement at said forward and rearward frictional portions; and
iii) a securement member for securing said tongue member to said clamp member;
(c) an engagement member positioned on said clamp member;
(d) a mating engagement member positioned on said housing to snappingly engage and secure said housing to said clip, whereby said housing may be secured to the helmet;
(e) a wireless communication system, having an audio input and an audio output, said wireless communication system being secured to said housing, said wireless communication system being configured to connect to the audio system in a smart phone;
(f) a first connective system for connecting said audio output to a sound producing member located on said helmet;
(g) a second connective system for connecting said audio input to a microphone located on said helmet; and
(h) a light-emitting device emitting light positioned within said housing, said housing with said light-emitting device being positionable to direct light forward from said helmet when said housing is secured to said helmet, whereby objects may be viewed by an individual while the area in front of the user is also visible to the user.