Headgear, in particular a hood or a balaclava, for protective clothing

A method for sealing the transition between a headgear and a respiratory mask,

• wherein the method comprises the step of using an elastic and reversibly elongatable sealing element in combination with a peripheral portion,
• wherein the headgear having a cap body for head covering and a field-of-vision opening for receiving and covering the respiratory mask at the edge is further provided in the region of the field of vision opening with:
• the elastic and reversibly elongatable sealing element for bearing, in a sealing manner, on the respiratory mask, wherein the sealing element is disposed in an encircling manner in a peripheral region of the field-of-vision opening, wherein the sealing is element flat and wherein, in the wearing state, the sealing element lies at least substantially flat against the respiratory mask;
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• the peripheral portion at least partially covering or overlapping the sealing element on an outside of the sealing element facing away from the field-of-vision opening, wherein the peripheral portion is provided with a tie element such that the peripheral portion is formed in order to press and tension against the sealing element on the outside and in a direction of the field-of-vision opening, in order thereby to press and apply the sealing element against the respiratory mask in the wearing state;
• wherein the sealing element is in the form of a flat strip with two opposite flat sides,
• wherein the sealing element is connected at one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and the peripheral portion and wherein the peripheral portion is connected at only one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and to the sealing element in such a way that the remaining unconnected longitudinal edge region of the sealing element and the remaining unconnected longitudinal edge region of the peripheral portion are freely movable one above the other and independently of one another,
• wherein the peripheral portion is arranged and positioned above the sealing element and outside the sealing element,
• wherein the peripheral portion has a cavity circumferentially along the peripheral portion for receiving the tie element to provide a tie element region, and
• wherein the tie element region abuts on the flat side of the sealing element facing away from the respirator mask in the wearing state.

A headgear in the form of a hood or balaclava for protective clothing determined for civilian or military use,

• wherein the headgear has a cap body for head covering and a field-of-vision opening for receiving and peripherally covering a respiratory mask,
• wherein the headgear, in a region of the field-of-vision opening, further comprises:
• an elastic and reversibly elongatable sealing element for bearing, in a sealing manner, on the respiratory mask, wherein the sealing element is disposed in an encircling manner in a peripheral region of the field-of-vision opening, wherein the sealing element is flat and wherein, in the wearing state, the sealing element lies at least substantially flat against the respiratory mask;
• and
• a peripheral portion partially covering or overlapping the sealing element on an outside of the sealing element facing away from the field-of-vision opening, wherein the peripheral portion is provided with a tie element such that the peripheral portion is formed in order to press and tension against the sealing element on the outside and in a direction of the field-of-vision opening, in order thereby to press and apply the sealing element against the respiratory mask in the wearing state;
• wherein the sealing element is in the form of a flat strip with two opposite flat sides,
• wherein the sealing element is connected at one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and the peripheral portion and wherein the peripheral portion is connected at only one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and the sealing element in such a way that the remaining unconnected edge region of the sealing element and the remaining unconnected edge region of the peripheral portion are freely movable one above the other and independently of one another,
• wherein the peripheral portion is arranged and positioned above the sealing element,
• wherein the peripheral portion has a cavity circumferentially along the peripheral portion for receiving the tie element to provide a tie element region, and
• wherein the tie element region abuts on the flat side of the sealing element facing away from the respirator mask in the wearing state.

A method for sealing the transition between a headgear and a respiratory mask,

• wherein the method comprises the step of using an elastic and reversibly elongatable sealing element in combination with a peripheral portion,
• wherein the headgear having a cap body for head covering and a field-of-vision opening for receiving and covering the respiratory mask at the edge is further provided in the region of the field of vision opening with:
• the sealing element for bearing, in a sealing manner, on the respiratory mask, wherein the sealing element is disposed in an encircling manner in a peripheral region of the field-of-vision opening, wherein the sealing element is flat and wherein, in the wearing state, the sealing element lies at least substantially flat against the respiratory mask;
• and
• the peripheral portion at least partially covering or overlapping the sealing element on an outside of the sealing element facing away from the field-of-vision opening, wherein the peripheral portion is provided with a tie element such that the peripheral portion is formed in order to press and tension against the sealing element on the outside and in a direction of the field-of-vision opening, in order thereby to press and apply the sealing element against the respiratory mask in the wearing state;
• wherein the sealing element is in the form of a flat strip with two opposite flat sides,
• wherein the sealing element is connected at one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and the peripheral portion and wherein the peripheral portion is connected at only one of its two longitudinal edge regions to at least one of the cap body and to the sealing element in such a way that the remaining unconnected edge region of the sealing element and the remaining unconnected edge region of the peripheral portion are freely movable one above the other and independently of one another,
• wherein the peripheral portion is arranged and positioned above the sealing element and outside the sealing element,
• wherein the peripheral portion has a cavity circumferentially along the peripheral portion for receiving the tie element to provide a tie element region, and
• wherein the tie element region abuts on the flat side of the sealing element facing away from the respirator mask in the wearing state.