Safety Apparatus
AssigneeLoud & Clear Safety Pty Ltd
InventorsPeter David Fountain, Brendan Michael Krone, John Magree
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Abstract
An ear muff style ear protector device having a body for permitting positioning on a wearer's head, and two ear muff ear protectors connected with the body, so the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears. At least one ear protector can be adapted to selectively enable the wearer to temporarily reduce the level of sound protection to the respective ear to enable external sounds to be heard more clearly. In an embodiment the body is an eye protector assembly, which is connected to the two ear muff ear protectors.
Claims21
-35. (canceled)
An ear muff style ear protector device comprising:
- a body for permitting positioning on a wearer's head;
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- two ear muff ear protectors connected with the body, so the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears so that one ear protector can cover one ear and the other ear protector can cover the other ear;
- wherein at least one ear protector is adapted to selectively enable the wearer to temporarily reduce the level of sound protection to the respective ear to enable external sounds to be heard more clearly;
- wherein the body is an eye protector assembly which is connected to the two ear muff ear protectors toward an upper edge of the ear protector so that the body can be moved between a first position where the body rests on the wearer's face to provide protection to the wearer's eyes and one or more alternative positions where the body rests in a position where protection is not provided to the wearer's eyes while the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears so that one ear protector can cover one ear and the other ear protector can cover the other ear;
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- wherein the eye protector assembly is resiliently formed such that the resilience of the eye protector assembly urges the respective ear protectors inwardly to grip the wearer's head and support the apparatus in place when worn.
A combined ear and eye protection apparatus comprising:
- an eye protector assembly including an eye protector adapted to form a barrier for protecting a wearer's eyes, and arms connected to the eye protector for permitting positioning on a wearer's head;
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- two ear muff style ear protectors each having a mounting located toward an upper edge of the ear protector and attached to an arm;
- wherein the assembly of the arms and eye protector is resiliently formed such that, when worn, the resilience of the assembly urges the arms and respective ear protectors inwardly to grip the wearer's head and support the apparatus in place when worn so the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears so that one ear protector can cover one ear and the other ear protector can cover the other ear.
An ear muff style ear protector provided with a mounting toward an upper edge of the ear protector adapted for mounting to a compatible eye protector assembly, the ear protector including an aperture in a portion of the ear protector wherein the aperture can be selectively opened by the wearer to temporarily reduce the level of sound protection provided from the level of sound protection provided while the aperture is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.