Visor and combination thereof with a protective helmet

Abstract

Visor for a protective helmet, having two retaining arms ( 14 ) and two bearing devices for the retaining arms ( 14 ) which are attached to a helmet shell ( 18 ) of a helmet ( 10 ) in order to pivot the visor ( 12 ) between two end positions corresponding to an operational position in which the visor ( 12 ) is folded down and lies on a front edge ( 19 ) of the helmet shell ( 18 ), and a parked position in which the visor ( 12 ) is folded up and is disposed on the outer surface of the helmet shell ( 18 ). The visor ( 12 ) is provided with a soft lip ( 30 ), preferably made from TPU or TPE, at the location where it comes into contact with the helmet shell ( 18 ) in the end positions. When the visor ( 12 ) is manually activated to pivot out of an end position, the visor ( 12 ) is accelerated by resilient pretensioning in the direction of the other end position until the lip ( 30 ) is in contact with the helmet shell ( 18 ) substantially without recoil. The lip ( 30 ) damps the movement momentum of the visor ( 12 ) and additionally has a sealing function.

1 . A visor for a protective helmet, comprising two retaining arms and two bearing devices for the retaining arms, said bearing devices being attachable to a helmet shell of a helmet, for pivoting the visor between two end positions which correspond to an operating position, in which the visor is folded down and rests on a front edge of the helmet shell, and a parking position, in which the visor is folded up and disposed at the outer surface of the helmet shell,
 characterized in that the visor is provided with a soft lip at least in a region in which the visor can be brought into close proximity or into touch with a helmet shell in the end positions and in that the lip is formed and disposed at the visor so that it can be placed onto a protruding front edge of the helmet shell in the operating position of the visor.   
     
     
         2 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that the lip is further formed and disposed on the visor so that in the parking position it can be brought to rest against the outer surface of the helmet shell. 
     
     
         3 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that the lip is made of a soft resilient material which is shock absorbing as well as sealing. 
     
     
         4 . The visor of  claim 3 , characterized in that the material of the lip is selectable among rubber, TPU, TPE, silicon rubber, PVC, and the like. 
     
     
         5 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that the lip is attached to the visor or to a frame of the visor by frictional force. 
     
     
         6 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that the lip is attached to the visor or to a frame of the visor by form fit or by adhesion. 
     
     
         7 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that at least one of its bearing devices has a spring-biased end position lock associated with it which locks the retaining arm in each end position by frictional force and which accelerates the visor toward the other end position when the pivot motion of the visor out of the end position is manually initiated until the lip touches the helmet shell substantially without a rebound. 
     
     
         8 . The visor of  claim 1 , characterized in that it is combined with a protective helmet having a protruding edge at least in a front region.