Helmet – a patent view
Today we are going to
look in to a patent filed and granted by USPTO relating to HELMETS. The wearing of the helmet is the most
controversial and sensational topic in the city these days. Though the wearing
of the helmet is for the safety of the individual and after a ruling by the
Hon’ble Madras High Court, the government is insisting on the same in Public
Interest.
Let us see the details of a patent filed in the year 1956
have made impact until date.
PROTECTIVE HELMET – USPTO 2923941
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| Protective Helmet - US Patent No.2923941 |
Herman P Roth and Charles F.Lombard of
California patented this particular invention. The application was filed on
25.09.1956 vide application no. 611,848. The inventor discloses the invention
as
“This invention relates to protective
helmets designed for protection of Human head against impact injury, most
particularly to protective hats or helmets such as may be worn by industrial
workers, motorcycle riders, automobile race drivers, and others engaged in
activities where injury to the head is a serious possibility”
The main objects of this invention as
disclosed in the patent are:
1. To
provide a protective helmet, which utilizes an energy-absorbing substantially
non-resilient material, such as disclosed in U.S. Patent No.2, 625,683, which
deforms under impact to dissipate impact energy; the helmet also incorporating
a novel suspension means whereby the helmet is comfortably supported on the
wearer’s head.
2. To provide a protective helmet wherein the
suspension means does not interfere with the function of the impact
energy-absorbing material.
3. To provide a protective helmet of this type
wherein the suspension means may vary or be adjusted as to size, so that a
single size of helmet shell with its impact energy-absorbing layer may be
accommodated to a range of head sizes.
4. To provide a protective helmet of this type
wherein the suspension means is attached in a novel manner to the impact
energy-absorbing material of the helmet.
The inventor has earlier filed an
US patent for a non-resilient material disclosed in US 2,625,683. The patent
document cites 10 different patents filed for Helmet during the period from
01.05.1945 to 19.02.1957. Interestingly a foreign patent 996,612 was cited from
France dated 05.09.1951.
The claims made in this patent is
extracted below for better understanding of the invention.
