Personal protective equipment ensemble made up of a launderable hood and an air dispersion protective face shield assembly

A personal protective equipment ensemble that serves to shield or isolate workers entering radiation control areas from chemical, physical, and biological hazards, the personal protective equipment ensemble comprising:

• (i) a protective suit, wherein pressurized air is supplied through an air supply inlet and outlet assembly to an interior space of the protective suit;
• (ii) a protective hood that is affixed to and forms a gas-restrictive seal with an air dispersion protective face shield assembly that includes a plurality of securement devices, each securement device of the plurality of securement devices securing an end of a flexible air conduit supplied with an adjustable nozzle configured to allow a worker to adjust a flow rate, the respective nozzle being adjacent to the respective securement device and serving to direct breathable air toward the worker and toward a shield or visor of the air dispersion protective face shield assembly, wherein the air dispersion protective face shield assembly is releasably coupled to the air supply inlet and outlet assembly of the protective suit, each securement device of the plurality of securement devices are elastically extendable;
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• (iii) a protective headgear, the protective headgear is worn underneath the protective hood,
• wherein the air dispersion protective face shield assembly comprises:
• a. an arcuate frame member that defines an opening, the frame member being formed from inner and outer arcuate frame members, wherein an outer surface of the inner arcuate frame member includes the plurality of securement devices, wherein the plurality of securement devices extend around a perimeter of, and are fixably attached to, the inner arcuate frame member for securing the ends of the flexible air conduits;
• b. the shield or visor positioned within the opening defined by the arcuate frame member and between the inner and outer arcuate frame members;
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• c. means for holding the inner arcuate frame member, the outer arcuate frame member and the visor in gas-restrictive, detachable engagement, and
• wherein an upper left corner of the inner arcuate frame member comprises a first securement device of the plurality of securement devices for securing a first adjustable nozzle of the plurality of adjustable nozzles, an upper right corner of the inner arcuate frame member comprises a second securement device of the plurality of securement devices for securing a second adjustable nozzle of the plurality of adjustable nozzles, a lower right corner of the inner arcuate frame member comprises a third securement device of the plurality of securement devices for securing a third adjustable nozzle of the plurality of adjustable nozzles, and a lower left corner of the inner arcuate frame member comprises a fourth securement device of the plurality of securement devices for securing a fourth adjustable nozzle of the plurality of adjustable nozzles.

A personal protective equipment ensemble that serves to shield or isolate workers entering radiation control areas from chemical, physical, and biological hazards, the personal protective equipment ensemble comprising:

• (i) a protective face shield assembly that includes a shield or visor;
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• (ii) a protective hood that is affixed to and forms a gas-restrictive seal with the protective face shield assembly;
• wherein, the protective face shield assembly comprises:
• a. an arcuate frame member that defines an opening, the frame member being formed from the inner and outer arcuate frame members;
• b. the shield or visor positioned within the opening defined by the arcuate frame member and between the inner and outer arcuate frame members;
• c. means for holding the inner arcuate frame member, the outer arcuate frame member and the visor in gas-restrictive, detachable engagement;
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• wherein the inner arcuate frame member includes a post extending downward from the outer surface of the inner arcuate frame member, the post comprising an inner surface that tapers towards a bottom end of the post, the inner surface of the post faces the opening defined by the arcuate frame member and the inner surface of the post faces the shield or visor, the post comprising at least one clip extending away from an outer surface of the post, and the at least one clip is configured to clip onto a bill or a brim of a protective headgear that is worn underneath the protective hood.

A personal protective equipment ensemble that serves to shield or isolate workers entering radiation control areas from chemical, physical, and biological hazards, the personal protective equipment ensemble comprising:

• (i) a protective suit, wherein pressurized air is supplied through an air supply inlet and outlet assembly to an interior space of the protective suit;
• (ii) a protective hood that is affixed to and forms a gas restrictive seal with a protective face shield assembly that includes a shield or visor;
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• (iii) a protective headgear, the protective headgear is worn underneath the protective hood;
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• wherein the protective face shield assembly comprises:
• a. an arcuate frame member that defines an opening, the frame member being formed from inner and outer arcuate frame members;
• b. the shield or visor positioned within the opening defined by the arcuate frame member and between the inner and outer arcuate frame members;
• and
• c. means for holding the inner arcuate frame member, the outer arcuate frame member and the visor in gas-restrictive, detachable engagement;
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• wherein the inner arcuate frame member includes a post extending downward from the outer surface of the inner arcuate frame member, the post comprising an inner surface that tapers towards a bottom end of the post, the inner surface of the post faces the opening defined by the arcuate frame member and the inner surface of the post faces the shield or visor, the post comprising at least one clip extending away from an outer surface of the post, and the at least one clip is configured to clip onto a bill or a brim of the protective headgear.