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Spectacles for a helmet and helmet fitted with said spectacles

Title: Spectacles for a helmet and helmet fitted with said spectacles

Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Guard Or Protector, For Wearer's Head, Aviator`s Helmet, Having Eye Shield (e.g., Goggles, Visor, Etc.)

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060185051, Spectacles for a helmet and helmet fitted with said spectacles.

1. A device for attaching spectacles to a helmet (1), the spectacles including at least one screen or lens (2,3), the device including two branches (7,8,20, 21) with a means (18) for attachment to the helmet (1), characterized in that each branch included a jointed structure and includes a means (23) for bringing the screen or leans back towards the attachment means (18), so as to press the spectacles toward the face of a wearer of the helmet, the spectacles being retractable on the external from portion of the external cap (11) of the helmet.

2. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each of the branches is joined to the screen (2, 3) side edge (2a, 3a) by a deformable link (30).

3. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each of the branches includes a first joint (31) joining a first branch portion (20, 21) fitted with a pivot (18) for attachment to the cap (11) of the helmet, to a second branch portion (7,8) adjacent to the screen (2, 3), each of the second branch portions (7,8) being joined to the screen (2,3) side edge (2a, 3a) by a deformable link (30) including a pivot, a hinge, a ball joint or an elastically deformable structure.

4. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each of the means (18) for attachment to the helmet includes a transverse axis (17) pivot and wherein each of the return means (23) has a capacity of elastic deformation over a large amplitude or travel, which preferably is at least equal to 10 millimeters.

5. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each return means (23) includes a spiral spring.

6. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each of the branches is telescopic, each branch including two branch portions (20, 21) which may slide while remaining nested in each other, which branch portions are brought back to each other by said spring or return means (23).

7. A device for attaching spectacles to a helmet by two pivoting branches, according to claim 1, wherein each branch includes pressing means (23, 20, 31) for pressing and/or applying a portion (7, 8) of the branch adjacent to the eye screen(s), against a portion of the section (13) of as cheek (15) of the helmet, as well as means for retracting the spectacles on the external front portion of the helmet.

8. The device, according to claim 1, wherein said joint (31) and said deformable link (30) are hinges with a substantially vertical axis (16, 10).

9. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each of the first branch portions is telescopic (20, 21).

10. The device, according to claim 1, wherein each branch includes: a first elongated branch portion (7,8), a first end (41,42) of which is firmly attached to a side edge (2a, 3a) of a screen (2,3) via a first hinge (30), and a second end (43, 44) of which has a first oblique supporting face (40), a second elongated branch portion (20), a first end of which is firmly attached to the second end of the first elongated branch portion via a second hinge (31), a third elongated branch portion (21), a first end of which slidably receives a second end of the second elongated branch portion, which is pivotally mounted relatively to the helmet, which has a second oblique supporting face (445) provided for cooperating with the first oblique supporting face (4) and which includes a recess (54) receiving said return means (23)

11. Spectacles to be attached on a helmet by a an attachment device including two jointed pivoting branches, according to claim 1, which includes two screens or screen portions, or monocular ophthalmic lenses (2, 3) which are joined by a hasp (4, 5) including a nose cut, in which the hasp is provided with means for mutually pivoting both screens or screen portions, in particular a pivot or a hinge (15) with a substantially vertical axis (6).

12. Spectacles to be attached on a helmet, in particular the spectacles according to claim 11, including a binocular screen or two monocular screens (2,3) and a mounting for joining the screen(s) to the helmet, the spectacles including two branches which are each fitted with means (18) for attachment to the helmet, each branch including a deformable structure (7, 8, 20, 21) preferable including two mobile portions relatively to each other, as well as return means (23) which tends to fold, bend, and/or shorten each branch, for pressing at least one portion of the mounting encircling the screen(s) against the face of the wearer of the helmet.

13. The spectacles, according to claim 11, wherein the screen(s) or lens(es) is(are) firmly attached to a central gripping appendage facilitating displacement of the optical screen(s) by the wearer of the helmet and of the spectacles, single-hanged, this appendage extending above the hasp and the face, and/or in the extension of the latter, the appendage preferably including a bar (60) joining both monocular screens.

14. The spectacles, according to claim 11, wherein the arches (70) and/or the hasp (4, 5) of the mounting have means of irremovably attaching the lenses (2, 3) such as a fitting groove.

15. The spectacles according to claim 11, having the means (90) for partially covering and surrounding at least the lenses (80) of an ordinary pair of spectacles, these means preferably including a deformable and/or compressible spacer provided on the internal face of the arches (70) and/or of the hasp (4, 5) of the mounting.

16. A sports helmet, (1) in particular a motorcyclist helmet, including a device, according to claim 1, which is retractable on the external front portion of the external cap (11)

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