In 1929, John Tate Riddell started his company with a vision for the supply of sports best teams for the athletes. And this idea has proven to be very beneficial, not only for J.T. Riddell, but for the players, for this concept of its left most important manufacturer of the country of soccer hats.
Removable to provide - the history of football all Riddell helmets began with a removable offer. This design was prepared by Riddell back when he was the Sports Director and in the same head of time of football as a personal trainer for a certain high school, located in Evanston, Illinois. The year was 1922 when the coach saw the need to develop footwear today fitted leather for his team. With the arrival of the rainy season, this status dictates the need for change of clamps and installation an offer more mud time to cope with this variable. This process is slow, not to mention the Zapatero in accused of doing this task was also hired by a University ergo could not finish all the shoes by game time. Openly welcomed the invention of removable staples and had perhaps flambéed a series of innovations which led to the foundations of the history of the Riddell football helmet.
Ten years after the formation of the company, Riddell was a pioneer in the hats of plastic suspension of fist. This remarkable success caught the attention of the Government, no doubt, it will be for the benefit of the brave men in World War II. This is one of the best places in the history of the Riddell football helmet.
With protection as the main objective, it is hard to believe that helmets instead of pills were the last in being accepted in professional football. The first is not mandatory even in football – that is until 1939 when the NFL ordered players to wear such protection hats. Before the dawn of Plastic helmets, there were leather. Players can be protected against shocks but not the heat - air can barely move inside.
Evolution is inevitable; same in the history of the Riddell football helmet. RT-2 was the first helmet designed by the company and sold to the public. This model's hull was built in 1946, one year after the death of J.T. Riddell. RT-2 was a shell fit three using Tenite II with suspension of the web of cotton to the head and neck. The suspension is a pocket of air between the head and shell of the helmet. Riddell was not able to see the evolution and expansion of his company, will always live in each noggin that has protected, if connected to an amateur or professional football player.
After RT-2 was RK-4. The latter, similar to the form of RT-2, although it differs from its shell material. RK-4 was manufactured using a chemical called Acrilonitrile concocted by us styrene butadiene rubber. The membrane of cotton that was present in the RT-2 was replaced by a combination of cotton and nylon. Both models were the regular suspension loop of 3, 6 points.
The history of the Riddell football helmet includes TK-5 models and 44 of the CAP. The two share the same shell as the RK-4 composition. The difference is based on the cushion of the interior. TK-5 was originally muted with cotton. However, it was altered for the Interior of RK-4, which was of cotton and nylon. With regard to the CAP-44, it was labeled and aimed at youth. With a cushion of air inside made of vinyl.
These precursors, the company has made progress with the game. With its 'firsts' as the suspension of the web, cushions for indoor air and autonomous inflation head gear to name a few, it is really difficult to image in the scene of the non-Riddell sports team.
This is the story of the Riddell football helmets... until now. With ingenious minds continually formulating new ideas, is easy to say that another touchdown is within our reach.
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