US 7,546,645 B2
Visor holder for a head protective helmet
Stephen Goodhand, Kirkland (Canada); André Desjardins, Dorval (Canada); David Rudd, Vaudreuil-Dorion (Canada); and Ricky Paquette, Montreal (Canada)
Assigned to Mission Itech Hockey Ltd., Kirkland, Quebec (Canada)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/705,540.
Claims priority of application No. 2570095 (CA), filed on Dec. 06, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0189836 A1, Aug. 14, 2008
Int. Cl. A42B 1/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 2—424  [2/425; 2/15] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visor holder for a head protective helmet, said visor holder comprising a single molded piece having a narrow frontal curved portion and opposed depending rear visor attachment portions, securement means for immovably securing said holder about a peripheral forehead and temple area of a helmet, said securement means having a pair of side mounting brackets adapted to be secured to the helmet adjacent its temple area on opposed sides thereof for adjustable interconnection with interlocking means on an inner face of said depending rear visor attachment portions to adapt said visor holder to helmets of different sizes and shapes, and attachment means formed integral in said opposed depending rear visor attachment portions for releasable connection of a visor thereto, wherein said attachment means is a hole extending through each said depending rear visor attachment portions and shaped to receive a retention clip formed integral with the visor and projecting outwardly from an outer surface of the visor at opposed attachment ends thereof for removably securing the visor to said visor holder.