Soft Shell Cycling Helmet for Head Protection

用于头部保护的软壳骑行头盔

• 批准号: 85523
• 金额: $ 12.09万
• 依托单位: HEIMDALL PROTECTIVE TECH LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=85523
• 关键词: Soft; Shell; Cycling; Helmet; Head

Heimdall Protective Tech, with its Mass Impact Technology has a unique, flexible plastic shock absorbing material. This project will apply this bespoke technology as an insert to create a protective soft shell helmet for use in cycling and other NMT.**Head protection is a fundamental need which we are addressing.**The safety of cyclists is of paramount importance where there are more accidents and injuries compared to other forms of transport, recognising head injuries and skull fractures as the most difficult fractures to deal with.Traumatic brain injury costs a total of £15billion nationally every year according to research published by Centre for Mental Health.With healthcare costs for head injuries and using scarce resource, increased wearing of protective headwear will reduce strain and unnecessary cost to our NHS during testing times e.g. Covid-19 outbreak or similar pandemics.Through prototyping, demonstrating, piloting, testing and validation, this transformational product could meet an essential safety requirement, highlighted by COVID-19, **but most importantly applicable to general societal needs which have dramatically increased as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic**Getting this product to market and increasing protective headgear wear will reduce injuriesThe new protective headgear will have a beanie style and address several different needs in these modern times:1\. Traditional cycling helmets are rigid '1 hit designs' and should be replaced after a collision or if dropped with enough force to cause structural damage (ROSPA). This is a multiple impact product which can be used time and time again.2\. It is flexible and foldable, ideal for the recreational and commuter cyclist market as well as the NMT.3\. It is machine washable, enabling cleanliness and freshness as well as killing microbes, preventing infection spread4\. The soft shell helmet is a less bulky, more pleasant, comfortable and affordable product in the marketplace whilst still maintaining and indeed enhancing high levels of protection5\. ROSPA and Cycling UK believe that enforcing cycle helmet wear will discourage cycling. Some of the resistance to wearing helmets is the aesthetic and bulky nature of current helmets6\. A beanie style is a more attractive option for younger cyclists, skateboarders and a conventional hat style suitable for all ages, rather than the bulky solid shells currently available7\. The cycle beanie is 100% recyclable, whereas traditional solid foam helmets are not. The plastic is a virgin product, reusable for the purpose it was manufactured. The fabrics use no solvents or adhesives and can be recycled in the same way as other fabrics.

海姆达尔防护技术，其大规模冲击技术有一个独特的，灵活的塑料减震材料。该项目将采用这种定制技术作为插入物，制造用于自行车和其他NMT的保护性软壳头盔。**保护头部是我们正在解决的一项基本需求。**骑自行车的安全至关重要，因为与其他交通工具相比，骑自行车的事故和伤害更多，头部受伤和颅骨骨折是最难处理的骨折。根据心理健康中心发表的研究，全国每年的创伤性脑损伤费用总计为150亿英镑。考虑到头部受伤的医疗成本和稀缺资源的使用，在Covid-19爆发或类似的大流行等测试期间，增加防护帽的佩戴将减少NHS的压力和不必要的成本。通过原型设计、演示、试点、测试和验证，这一变革性产品可以满足基本的安全要求，特别是COVID-19。**但最重要的是适用于因COVID-19大流行而急剧增加的一般社会需求**将该产品推向市场并增加防护帽佩戴将减少伤害新的防护帽将采用豆帽风格，并满足现代社会的几种不同需求：1\。传统的自行车头盔是刚性的“一次撞击设计”，应该在碰撞后更换，或者如果有足够的力量掉落造成结构损坏（ROSPA）。这是一种多重影响的产品，可以反复使用。它是灵活和可折叠的，是休闲和通勤自行车市场以及NMT.3\的理想选择。它可以机洗，既干净又新鲜，还能杀死微生物，防止感染传播。软壳头盔在市场上是一种体积更小、更舒适、更实惠的产品，同时仍然保持并确实提高了高水平的保护5\。ROSPA和Cycling UK认为强制佩戴自行车头盔会阻碍骑行。戴头盔的一些阻力是目前头盔的美观和笨重的性质。对于年轻的自行车手、滑板手和适合所有年龄段的传统帽子来说，无檐便帽是一个更有吸引力的选择，而不是目前可用的笨重的实心贝壳。循环帽是100%可回收的，而传统的固体泡沫头盔则不是。这种塑料是一种新产品，可以按照生产的目的重复使用。这种织物不使用溶剂或粘合剂，可以像其他织物一样回收利用。