20250169569. Position Specific Protective Spo (Riddell, .)

POSITION SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET

Abstract: the invention relates to a protective sports helmet purposely designed using a multi-step method for a selected group of helmet wearers from amongst a larger population of helmet wearers. the protective sports helmet can be a position specific american football helmet that includes a shell, a facemask coupled to the shell, and an energy attenuation assembly configured to be positioned within the shell. the specific playing position can be a football quarterback such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a rear portion of the inventive helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed by a frontal portion of that helmet from the same impact applied thereto. alternatively, the specific playing position can be a football lineman such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a front portion of the helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed from the same type of impact applied to a front portion of a non-position specific american football helmet.

Inventor(s): Vittorio Bologna, Murphy Gillogly, Thad M. Ide

CPC Classification: A42C2/007 ({Manufacturing custom-sized helmets})

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