Firefighter hood with protective flap
AssigneeLion Group, Inc.
InventorsMichael Leggett, Jake Leggett, Janeane Matula
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Abstract
A firefighter hood comprising a hood body configured to fit around a head of a wearer, wherein the hood body includes a face opening configured to be aligned with a face of the wearer when the hood is worn. The hood further includes a flap coupled to the hood body. The flap is movable between an extended position wherein the flap covers only part of the opening in front view, and a retracted position wherein the flap does not cover any of the opening in front view or covers less of the opening in front view compared to when the flap is in the extended position.
Claims24
A firefighter hood comprising:
- a hood body configured to fit around a head of a wearer, wherein the hood body includes a face opening configured to be aligned with a face of the wearer when the hood is worn, and wherein said hood body is made of a flame resistant material and has a thermal protective performance rating of at least about twenty;
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- a flap coupled to the hood body, wherein the flap is movable between an extended position wherein said flap covers only part of said opening in front view, and a retracted position wherein said flap does not cover any of said opening in front view or covers less of said opening in front view compared to when said flap is in said extended position, wherein said flap is configured to be retained in said extended position in a cantilever arrangement, wherein at least part of the flap is positioned radially outwardly of said hood body, and wherein said flap has a height extending parallel to a height of said opening that is less than said height of said opening when said flap is in said extended position.
A method for using a firefighter hood comprising:
- accessing a hood including a hood body, a face opening and a flap coupled to the hood body, wherein said hood body is made of a flame resistant material and has a thermal protective performance rating of at least about twenty;
- donning the hood such that the hood fits around a head of a wearer and the face opening is aligned with a face of the wearer;
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- moving the flap from one of an extended position and a retracted position to the other one of the extended position and the retracted position, wherein when the flap is in the extended position at least part of the flap is positioned radially outside the hood body and said flap is retained in said extended position in a cantilever arrangement, the flap has a height that is less than a height of the opening, and the flap covers only part of said opening in front view, and wherein when the flap is in the retracted position the flap does not cover any of said opening in front view or covers less of said opening in front view compared to when said flap is in said extended position.
A firefighter hood comprising:
- a hood body configured to fit around a head of a wearer, wherein the hood body includes a face opening configured to be aligned with a face of the wearer when the hood is worn, the hood body further including an airtight material extending around a perimeter of said face opening;
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- a flap made of a different piece of material than the hood body and coupled to the hood body, wherein the flap is movable between an extended position wherein said flap covers only part of said opening in front view, and a retracted position wherein said flap does not cover any of said opening in front view or covers less of said opening in front view compared to when said flap is in said extended position, and wherein said flap is configured to be retained in said extended position in a cantilever arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.