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Releasable impact mitigating fastener

a technology of impact mitigation and releasable fasteners, which is applied in the direction of fastening means, helmet covers, helmets, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the cost of wearers, only providing limited functions of current releasable helmet retention systems, etc., and achieves significant compressive loading, durable connection, and reduced decoupling forces

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-10-31
SPARK MEDICAL INC
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The patent describes an improved helmet system that includes a releasable impact mitigating fastener. This fastener can be used to secure, release, impact mitigate, re-attach, or any combination of these functions. By using this fastener, the helmet system can better manage energy, reduce future repair and replacement costs, and potentially make the helmet system lighter. Additionally, the fastener can be used to connect various components of the protective helmet to each other, improving durability and preventing impact forces from being transmitted through the connectors.

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However, the current releasable helmet retention systems only provide limited functions that focus on securing and release.
Such a design typically results in single use helmet requiring the helmet to be destroyed, repaired and / or replaced leading to increased costs to the wearer.

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[0026]The helmet system relates to a helmet with one or more releasable impact mitigating fasteners capable of providing a substantial level of impact resistance, including vertically and / or semi-vertically oriented loads (i.e., wholly or partially outward and / or inward impacts on a helmet) while providing for partial and / or complete release and / or decoupling of the releasable impact mitigating fastener components when the helmet experiences much lower torsional and / or tangential loading. As a result, a releasable impact mitigating fastener with enhanced impact mitigation properties can be designed to accommodate a variety of impact scenarios when one or more specific loading scenarios are encountered.

[0027]Although, the focus of the disclosure relates to helmet systems, a releasable impact mitigating fastener may be used in other industries and / or as retention mechanisms for other components within a helmet and / or protective clothing. In various embodiments, releasable impact mitig...

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Abstract

The releasable impact mitigating fasteners is an adaptable mechanism that may be used as the main energy management source and / or be used as a supplemental energy management source. The improved releasable impact mitigating fasteners are easily incorporated into protective devices such as helmets and / or other protective gear for a variety of activities, applications and / or industries, that require enhanced impact absorption, reusability, and / or quick release capabilities under specifically designed impact loads, etc. Each of the releasable impact mitigating fasteners comprise a first end, a second end and an impact mitigation structure. The first end comprises a face plate, the second end may comprise at least one flange. Each of the releasable impact mitigating fasteners may further comprise a base.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 664,801, entitled “Releasable Fastener,” filed Apr. 30, 2018, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to methods, devices, and systems for improving a helmet or other item of protective clothing with releasable impact mitigating fasteners and / or releasable impact mitigation structures that allow for modular component replacement and / or enhanced impact absorption performance. More specifically, the present invention relates to releasable impact mitigating fasteners and / or releasable impact mitigation structures for connecting components of protective devices such as helmets and / or other protective gear for a variety of activities, including athletic competitions, law enforcement and / or military operations.BACKGROUND[0003]There are a variety of traditional helmets that provide for releasable helmet ...

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IPC IPC(8): A42B3/12
CPCA42B3/12A42B3/205A42B3/124A42B3/064F16B5/0657
Inventor STONE, ANDRENEUBAUER, JASONKOLLGAARD, ADAMGLOVER, TRAVISPAHLMEYER, MARIEREINHALL, PER
Owner SPARK MEDICAL INC
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