公开(公告)号：US12178277B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US18109530

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Frederic Rene-Laforest ,  Charles Blouin ,  Stephane Dion ,  Philippe Pages

IPC: A42B3/22

Abstract: A helmet is provided which includes a helmet shell defining a cavity. The helmet shell has left and right helmet mounting sections defined on left and right sides thereof, and the helmet includes a visor mounting system comprising a primary visor connector made of a single piece and adapted for connection with the left and right helmet mounting sections. The helmet further has a primary visor removably and pivotally connected to the primary visor connector and adapted to pivot about a primary pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US11297891B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16797731

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Nicolas Bouchard Fortin ,  Stephane Dion ,  Étienne Gilbert

IPC: A42B3/22 ,  A42B3/24

Abstract: A helmet including a visor assembly having a breath guard is provided. The visor assembly includes a visor pivotally connected to the helmet shell and having an inner surface facing the cavity when in the lowered position. The visor assembly further includes a breath guard interface provided below the visor and a breath guard which has a visor interface connected to the breath guard interface of the visor assembly. The breath guard includes a flexible member connected to and extending from the visor interface and a contact surface shaped and configured to engage the wearer's face around the nose and mouth for deflecting humid air away from the inner surface of the visor. The flexible member has a channel extending along the visor interface having a substantially V-shaped cross-section configured to allow the flexible member to be deformed when raising the visor.

公开(公告)号：US20230255302A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18109544

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Frederic Rene-Laforest ,  Patrick L'Hérault ,  Stephane Dion

IPC: A42B3/22

CPC classification number: A42B3/224

Abstract: A visor assembly of a helmet having a helmet shell is provided. The visor assembly includes a visor pivotally connectable to the helmet shell via left and right visor mounting sections. The visor has an inner surface facing a cavity of the helmet shell and an outer surface, and is provided with a heating system. The visor assembly further has a connection assembly including an electrical connector located on the outer surface of the visor proximate a front portion thereof. The electrical connector is operatively connected to the heating system and is adapted to be connected to a power cable for providing electrical power to the heating system. The visor assembly also includes a cable retaining element located on the outer surface of the visor proximate one of the visor mounting sections. The cable retaining element has a clip adapted to removably attach the power cable on the visor.

公开(公告)号：US20230255301A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18109530

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Frederic Rene-Laforest ,  Charles Blouin ,  Stephane Dion ,  Philippe Pages

IPC: A42B3/22

CPC classification number: A42B3/222 ,  A42B3/226

Abstract: A helmet is provided which includes a helmet shell defining a cavity. The helmet shell has left and right helmet mounting sections defined on left and right sides thereof, and the helmet includes a visor mounting system comprising a primary visor connector made of a single piece and adapted for connection with the left and right helmet mounting sections. The helmet further has a primary visor removably and pivotally connected to the primary visor connector and adapted to pivot about a primary pivot axis.

公开(公告)号：US20230255298A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18109620

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Frederic Rene-Laforest

IPC: A42B3/12

CPC classification number: A42B3/12

Abstract: A helmet having a helmet shell with an inner surface defining a cavity and a frontal opening is provided. The helmet includes a liner assembly for engagement with the helmet shell within the cavity, and which has a lateral liner portion including left and a right liner portions having an outer surface complementarily shaped relative to left and right inner surface portions of the inner surface, respectively. The left liner portion includes a left chin segment, and the right liner portion includes a right chin segment, with the chin segments being configured to engage one another proximate a front section of the helmet. The liner assembly also includes a central liner portion engageable between the left and right liner portions and having an outer surface complementarily shaped relative to a central portion of the inner surface portion for engagement therewith.

公开(公告)号：US10973274B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16051041

申请日：2018-07-31

Applicant: KIMPEX INC.

Inventor： Jean-Simon Levesque ,  Nicolas Bouchard Fortin ,  Étienne Gilbert ,  Stéphane Dion

IPC: A42B3/22 ,  A42B3/04

Abstract: A helmet is provided. The helmet includes a helmet shell and a mounting system laterally positioned on the helmet shell. The helmet further includes a visor removably and pivotally connected to the mounting system, the visor being movable between lowered and raised positions. Finally, the helmet includes a peak removably connected to the mounting system, the mounting system being operable to disengage the visor and the peak upon manual operation thereof. A mounting system for customizing a helmet is also provided. Finally, a method of configuring the helmet is provided.