Visor protector

Abstract

The visor protector prevents a visor secured to a helmet from being scratched when not in use, such as during transportation thereof. The protector includes a protective member comprising an external and an internal protective shell, joined together at a common protective shell edge, hence forming V-shaped cross section and a trough-like channel. When the visor protector is installed on a visor, the external shell substantially entirely overlies the visor external surface, and the internal protective shell at least partially overlies the visor internal surface. To install the visor protector on a visor, the visor is inserted in the trough-like channel, slid along the external and internal protective shells, and the visor protector is then secured to the visor using one of several attachment methods.

1 . A visor protector for releasable attachment to a visor mounted on a helmet, the visor being of the type defining opposite first and second visor surfaces, said visor protector comprising: 
 a generally elongated and cross-sectionally V-shaped protective member comprising: 
 a web,  
 a first sheet-like protective shell for substantially entirely overlying the visor first surface, said first protective shell defining a main edge integrally attached to said web and a first shell area, and  
 a second sheet-like protective shell defining a main edge integrally attached to said web and a second shell area, said second shell area being at least a non-negligible fraction of said first shell area, for allowing said second shell to overlie at least a non-negligible portion of the visor second surface;  
   a trough-like visor channel formed between said first and second protective shell; and    a releasable attachment member, for releasably attaching said protective member to a selected one of the visor and the helmet when the visor is in said visor channel.    
     
     
         2 . A visor protector as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 wherein said attachment member comprises at least one resilient clamp carried by said protective member, each said at least one clamp comprising a web portion and parallel first and a second finger portions continuously biased towards each other, said clamp web portion being adjacent to said protective member web, with said clamp first finger portion extending along said first shell and with said clamp second finger portion extending along said second shell, with said first and second protective shells being movable about said protective member web and with said clamp continuously biasing said first and second protective shells towards each other.    
     
     
         3 . A visor protector as claimed in  claim 2 , 
 wherein said protective member is made from a flexible fabric material.    
     
     
         4 . A visor protector as claimed in  claim 3 , 
 further comprising at least one semi-rigid resilient guide carried within said first protective shell, each one of said at least one guide extending from a corresponding one of said at least one clamp along said first protective shell and being destined to continuously bias said first protective shell towards the visor external surface.    
     
     
         5 . A visor protector as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 wherein said attachment member comprises at least one hook-and-loop type fastener attached to said protective member for releasably attaching said protective member to the visor.    
     
     
         6 . A visor protector as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 wherein said first protective shell is connected to said second protective shell by means of a seam longitudinally oriented along said protective member web, said first and said second protective shells being stitched together by said seam.