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An adjustable break away attachment have a base attached to one item and a disengageable attachment member held to the base by restraining pins. When sufficient tensile force is applied to the attachment member it will break away from its base pins. The attachment member has several notches formed i

An adjustable break away attachment have a base attached to one item and a disengageable attachment member held to the base by restraining pins. When sufficient tensile force is applied to the attachment member it will break away from its base pins. The attachment member has several notches formed in joined tapered surfaces where each notch engages a pin on its flattened side surface. By changing the pins, number, size, material or placement on the base the amount of break away tensile force needed to dislodge the attachment member can be varied. This invention has a great many applications, including but not limited to, a break away attachment for a football helmet\s face mask.

대표청구항 ▼

A break away attachment comprising: a base assembly adapted to be mounted to an item, said base having a hollow interior cavity with an entrance opening; an attachment member having pin engaging side surfaces insertable into said base cavity through its entrance opening, said member having an extend

A break away attachment comprising: a base assembly adapted to be mounted to an item, said base having a hollow interior cavity with an entrance opening; an attachment member having pin engaging side surfaces insertable into said base cavity through its entrance opening, said member having an extending end member to which tensile force may be applied; and a plurality of spaced restraining pin members mounted in said base assembly\s interior cavity and positioned to engage the pin engaging surfaces of the attachment member to retain the member within the base\s hollow cavity, said pin members being capable of breaking and releasing the attachment member from the base assembly when a sufficient amount of tensile force is applied to the extending end member.