Inspired by metal helmets worn by soldiers in the war, Edward Bullard made the first patented hard hat, aptly named the hard-boiled hat. He used steamed canvas, black paint and shellac to create ...

Dallas Cowboys historic: It’s hard for a native Washingtonian ... by not utilizing their slick black helmets for this design. In their standard white, this hat looks too much like a blank ...

One saving grace was the helmet. Countless soldiers ... hence the name Hard Boiled Hat. He attached leather brims to it, painted it black and then coated it with shellac so it would hold up ...

He knew the limbs could hit his head, so he brought a hard hat with him. He also grabbed something else: a tiny cooling device used in LSU football players’ helmets that he strapped into the ...

Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from ... coral white or deep black. Shellmet's materials can ...

Why Daqri elected to call it a helmet confused this writer a bit ... Intended for use on work sites, the Daqri replaces the traditional hard hat even though it looks like a Tron motorcyclist ...

It's made and sold by WaveCel, a company the two men founded to make safer bike helmets. The WaveCel hard hat is just the latest effort to update the products, known as industrial safety helmets ...

More than 30 million workers in the U.S. wear safety helmets to prevent head injuries. Yet most of these hard hats offer little protection against serious impacts. Here’s NPR’s Jon Hamilton.

Inspired by metal helmets worn by soldiers in the war, Edward Bullard made the first patented hard hat, aptly named the hard-boiled hat. He used steamed canvas, black paint and shellac to create ...