Head and Neck Restraining System With An Adjustable Tether and Pressure Distributing Contouring

Abstract

A head and neck restraining system is disclosed herein. The system includes a helmet, a neck brace structure, and a tether system. The neck brace structure includes a neck extension that is attached to shoulder extensions. The tether system includes a single tether with double thickness terminal ends. The double thickness terminal ends have a plurality of pass-through openings that are adapted to receive a removable securing pin that threadedly secures the tether to the neck brace. The tether also secures the helmet to the neck brace and limits its range of motion during an accident. The tether is removable secured to the neck brace on one side then extends from the neck brace to the helmet, then continues from the helmet to the back of the neck brace, then continues further from the back of the neck brace to the opposite side of the helmet, and then is removable secured to the other side of the neck brace. The tether may be slideablely or fixedly attached to the helmet and neck brace.

Therefore, having thus described the disclosure, at least the following is claimed: 
     
         1 . A tether apparatus for use with a head and neck restraining devise comprising:
 a tether with two terminal ends having a double thickness section at each terminal end, wherein the double thickness sections of the tether are configured to have a plurality of pass-through openings;   a neck brace structure comprising a neck extension, wherein the neck brace has a first channel passing through the neck brace from a top side of the neck extension to a bottom side of the neck extension that is adapted to receive the double thickness section of the tether;   wherein the neck brace structure has a second channel that bisects the first channel, the second channel is adapted to receive a securing means for threadedly attaching the tether to the neck brace by passing the securing means through a pass-through opening in the tether;   wherein the neck brace structure further comprises a first shoulder extension and a second shoulder extension, both the first shoulder extension and the second shoulder extension have a top side that is configured to frictionally engage a seatbelt and a bottom side adapted to concavely contoured to the user's shoulders.   
     
     
         2 . The tether apparatus  claim 1  wherein the securing means is a threaded pin with a smooth shaft distal end adapted to fit the pass-through opening in the tether and the other distil end is threaded to attach to the neck brace. 
     
     
         3 . The tether apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the tether has a single thickness section between the double thickness sections of the tether. 
     
     
         4 . The tether apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the bottom side of the first shoulder extension and the second shoulder extension each a recess adapted to receive the terminal end of the tether. 
     
     
         5 . The tether apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the neck brace structure has two terminal ends and is configured to fit on a driver's shoulders;
 the first channel is located proximate the terminal ends of the neck brace; and, 
 the second channel extends from the terminal ends of the neck brace and bisects the first channel; 
 
     
     
         6 . The tether apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the tether is slidablely attached to a driver's helmet and slidablely attached to a back side of the neck extension. 
     
     
         7 . The tether apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the tether is slidablely attached to a right side of the helmet and a left side of the helmet. 
     
     
         8 . A tether apparatus for use with a head and neck restraining devise comprising:
 a tether with two terminal ends having a double thickness section at each terminal end, wherein the double thickness sections of the tether are configured to have a plurality of pass-through openings;   a neck brace structure comprising a neck extension with two terminal ends, wherein the neck brace has two first channels proximate to the terminal ends of the neck extension passing through the neck brace from a top side of the neck extension to a bottom side of the neck extension, the two first channels are adapted to receive the double thickness section of the tether;   the neck brace structure has two second channels, each second channel extends from the terminal end of the neck extension to bisects the first channel, wherein the second channel is adapted to receive a pin for threadedly attaching the tether to the neck brace by extending the pin through a pass-through opening of the tether; and,   wherein the neck brace structure further comprises a first shoulder extension and a second shoulder extension, both of the first shoulder extension and the second shoulder extension have a top side that is configured to frictionally engage a seatbelt and a bottom side adapted to concavely contoured to the user's shoulders.   
     
     
         9 . The tether apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the pin has a smooth shaft distal end adapted to fit the pass-through opening in the tether and the other distil end is threaded to attach to the neck brace. 
     
     
         10 . The tether apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the tether is slidablely attached to a driver's helmet and slidablely attached to a back side of the neck extension. 
     
     
         11 . The tether apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the bottom side of the first shoulder extension and the second shoulder extension each a recess adapted to receive the terminal end of the tether. 
     
     
         12 . A tether apparatus for use with a head and neck restraining devise comprising:
 a tether with two terminal ends having a double thickness section at each terminal end and a single thickness section between the double thickness sections at each terminal end, wherein the double thickness sections of the tether are configured to have a plurality of pass-through openings configured for a pin to pass though;   a neck brace structure comprising two shoulder extensions and a neck extension with two terminal ends, wherein the neck brace has two first channels proximate to the terminal ends of the neck extension passing through the neck brace from a top side of the neck extension to a bottom side of the neck extension, the two first channels are adapted to receive the double thickness section of the tether;   the neck brace structure has two second channels one located on each terminal end of the neck extension, each second channel extends from the terminal end of the neck extension to bisects the first channel, wherein the second channel is adapted to receive the pin for threadedly securing the tether to the neck brace by extending the pin through a pass-through opening of the tether; and,   wherein the neck brace structure further comprises a first shoulder extension and a second shoulder extension, both of the shoulder extensions have a bottom side contoured to the user's shoulders.   
     
     
         13 . The tether apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the pin has a smooth shaft distal end adapted to fit the pass-through opening in the tether and the other distil end is threaded to attach to the neck brace. 
     
     
         14 . The tether apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the tether is attached to a helmet. 
     
     
         15 . The tether apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the tether is attached to a back side of the neck extension. 
     
     
         16 . The tether apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the tether is slidablely attached to a helmet and slidablely attached to a back side of the neck extension. 
     
     
         17 . The tether apparatus of  claim 16  wherein the tether is slidablely attached to a right side of the helmet and a left side of the helmet. 
     
     
         18 . The tether apparatus of  claim 12  further comprising a first recess in the bottom side of the first shoulder extension adapted to receive the terminal end of the tether and a second recess in the bottom side of the second shoulder extension adapted to receive the terminal end of the tether.