Riddell, Inc.

A data collection, processing and fitment system for a protective sports helmet that is designed to improve: (i) the comfort and fit of the helmet, (ii) the efficiency of the design, selection and build process, and (iii) how the helmet responds when an impact or series of impacts are received by the helmet when worn by a player. In general terms, the system selects a combination of pre-manufactured energy attenuation components from a larger collection of pre-manufactured energy attenuation components that best fit the head of the player that will wear the helmet based upon data collected from the player. The system features other steps, including: creating a head model of the specific player's head from the obtained anatomical head data within a computer software program; providing a computerized helmet template that includes a helmet template reference point and a plurality of energy attenuation surfaces; aligning the head model of the player's head within the computerized helmet template; determining a plurality of energy attenuation coordinates; determining a player coordinate; determining a plurality of fit values by calculating the distance from the player coordinate to each of the plurality of energy attenuation coordinates; comparing the fit values contained in the plurality of fit values to a predefined ideal fit value; selecting the fit value that is closes to the predefined ideal fit value; identifying the pre-manufactured energy attenuation component that is associated with the selected fit value; and then installing the identified pre-manufactured energy attenuation component within the protective sports helmet.