Our Story

Helmtops is owned and operated by a husband and wife team who happen to enjoy staying active with their two kids. Our children bike, ski and skateboard and helmets have always been more nuisance than enjoyment. We thought, why don’t we add something to our children’s helmets that gets them more interested in wearing them? Turns out helmets come with convenient vent holes ripe for inserting something colorful and fun.

We then discovered the essential need for helmets. Just one stat tells the story – wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85%. Helmtops is a product that really make a difference by encouraging kids (and it turns out adults too!) to get active in a safe way.

It took 8 months get the right design, test it out, setup manufacturing, safety test, submit the patent, get the word out and into stores in the Spring of 2010.   A year later Helmtops are sold in Toys R Us, Lillian Vernon Catalog and in over 150 bike and toy shops in the U.S. and Canada.   As well we are used by Schools, Health facilities and local Bicycle Promotion Organizations.  We’ve also continued our relationship with Pan Mass Challenge Kids Rides, an organization that gets children biking to raise money for the fight against cancer.   This Spring we donated 1,500 Helmtops to Kids Rides.

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email: gregg (at) helmtops.com