Protective helmet for hair worn in a pony tail
A protective helmet is composed of an external crown made from plastic material, and a semi-rigid neckband adjustable by adjustment means. To ensure that the helmet is efficiently secured on the user's head regardless of his or her hair-style, the neckband is in the shape of an Omega composed of lateral securing zones and a curved central part for free passage of the user's hair worn in a pony tail. The ends of the lateral securing zones of the neckband are joined to the adjustment means.
1. A protective helmet comprising:
a crown, said crown having an exterior surface and an interior surface,
a semi-rigid neckband having:
two end portions extending substantially parallel to an edge of the crown from respective lateral sides of the crown towards a rear side of the crown; and
an arcuate central portion at the rear side of the crown, extending into the crown and configured to run around a pony tail of the helmet wearer; and
adjustment means joining the end portions of the neckband to the lateral sides of the crown, wherein
the adjustment means comprise a sliding mechanical link,
the sliding mechanical link is composed of a rack arranged in the inside wall of at least one side of the crown and a slider able to be moved from the outside in a slit of the crown after the unlocking button has been released, and
the rack is molded directly into the interior surface of the crown without additional fasteners.
2. The protective helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the unlocking button is equipped with a coupling part bearing studs cooperating with the rack by the action of a return spring in the released position of said button.
3. The protective helmet according to claim 2 , wherein the return spring of compression type is arranged between a centering pin securely affixed to a securing prong associated with each end portion of the neckband, and a hole arranged in the coupling part.
4. The protective helmet according to claim 1 , wherein the rack comprises two series of notches separated by said slit and the slider bears two guide legs for guiding the unlocking button when the latter is moved between the active and inactive positions.