Cycling helmet

Abstract

A cycling helmet includes a cap structure, a fastening system of the helmet with straps for chinstrap fastening of the helmet, and securing means for the straps of the fastening system with respect to the cap structure. The securing means include for each strap a pin-like formation which is secured to the free end of the strap and a respective removable retention seat of the pin-like formation which is provided on the cap structure. The securing means also include a gripping end piece which extends from each pin-like formation of the corresponding strap and which is configured to control, when held, the movement of the pin-like formation away from and towards an engagement condition in the retention seat.

1 . A cycling helmet comprising a cap structure, a fastening system of the helmet with straps for chinstrap fastening of the helmet, and securing means for the straps of the fastening system with respect to the cap structure, the securing means comprising for each strap a pin-like formation which is secured to a free end of the strap and a respective removable retention seat of the pin-like formation which is provided on the cap structure, the securing means comprise a gripping end piece which extends from each pin-like formation of the corresponding strap and which is configured to control, when held, movement of the pin-like formation away from and towards an engagement condition in the retention seat. 
     
     
         2 . The helmet according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping end piece is integral with the pin-like formation. 
     
     
         3 . The helmet according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping end piece comprises a plate-like portion which extends as a pair of arms in a spaced-apart relationship, which are fixedly joined to the pin-like formation, the plate-like portion defining the gripping surface, by which the movement of the pin-like formation can be controlled. 
     
     
         4 . The helmet according to  claim 3 , wherein the arms delimit together with at least a portion of the pin-like formation and with an end of the plate-like portion a through-opening for the passage of the strap which is configured to be wrapped with relevant fixing around the pin-like formation. 
     
     
         5 . The helmet according to  claim 4 , wherein each of the arms is fixedly joined to the pin-like formation at a predetermined spacing from a corresponding and respective free end of the pin-like formation so that a pair of respective and opposing end portions, configured to be adjoined by respective surfaces of the seat, remain delimited on the pin-like formation. 
     
     
         6 . The helmet according to  claim 5 , wherein the seat is defined in an open box-shaped member which has an opening for the passage of the pin-like formation, said opening being in communication with a pair of cavities which are formed in the member and which have the abutment surfaces in order to receive and retain the respective end portions of the pin-like formation, the opening and the cavities having such a formation that the pin-like formation is directed, by gripping the end piece, away from and towards the opening in a first movement direction and away from and towards the cavity in a second movement direction, which is transverse relative to the first direction. 
     
     
         7 . The helmet according to  claim 5 , wherein the end portions of the pin-like formation have a cylindrical formation. 
     
     
         8 . The helmet according to  claim 4 , wherein the plate-like portion of the end piece has at a side, opposite to the opening, a second through-opening which is configured to be passed through by the strap in order to keep the strap in abutment against the plate-like portion. 
     
     
         9 . The helmet according to  claim 6 , further comprising an internal cap of a suitable material for absorbing impacts, the box-shaped member which has the retention seat of each strap being secured to the internal cap in an injection-molding process by which the internal cap is produced.