Hood with hinged mask piece
AssigneeK P Sports, Inc.
InventorBill Mickle
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Abstract
A hood is provided that includes a lid and a mask which are pivotally connected and separately moveable. The mask and lid form an opening that increases or decreases in size when the mask pivots. The lid is moveable between an up and down position. In the up-position, an edge of the lid is disposed on a user's forehead and in the down-position the edge is disposed on a posterior of the user's. The mask is connected to the lid by a hinge portion which allows the mask to provide varying levels of coverage to a user's face.
Claims29
A hood to be worn on a user's head, the hood comprising:
- a lid;
- and
- a mask pivotally attached to the lid, the mask having opposite side portions that respectively overlap the lid and slide along the lid when the mask is lowered or raised.
A hood to be worn on a user's head, the hood comprising:
- a head piece having a crown portion and a lower edge;
- and
- a face piece having,
- a lower edge that is attached to the lower edge of the head piece to define a neck hole;
- and
- hinge portions that are attached to the head piece,
- wherein the hinge portions each have a lower edge that extends towards a back of the hood and is positioned above the neck hole.
A method of positioning a hood while being worn by a user, the hood having a lid and a mask, the mask having side portions with rear edges attached to the lid, the method comprising:
- positioning the lid to cover a head portion of the user;
- positioning the mask to cover a portion of the user's face;
- pivoting the mask around the rear edges of the side portions such that an upper edge of the mask slides along an outside of the lid when the mask is moved to change a facial coverage area of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.