# US 2014/0189942 A1 · Headgear > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0189942 A1 - Document ID: US20140189942A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/150,963 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: Snowraft Pty Ltd - Applicants: Snowraft Pty Ltd - Inventors: Clyde Kevin Coombs - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140189942A1 ## CPC - A42B 1/247: Means for attaching eyewear (arrangements for supporting by headgear G02C3/02) - A41D 13/1184: {with protection for the eyes, e.g. using shield or visor} - A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES ## Abstract This invention relates to headgear for protecting the wearer against facial injury, especially eye injury, and in particular eye injury caused by flying particulate matter, such as may be ejected or expelled from a work-piece, the headgear comprising a first, transparent and substantially non-porous eye-protecting membrane and a fabric wall which substantially surrounds the first membrane. The wall is preferably flexible and porous and is attached to the first membrane at its periphery so as to support the first membrane in a vision-facilitating position adjacent the eyes of a wearer in use, wherein the first membrane provides eye protection against particulate projectiles while allowing the wearer to see through it, and the wall provides protection to the wearer against ingress of particulate projectiles from around the transparent first membrane. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Protective headgear, suitable for a workplace, comprising: a first, transparent and substantially non-porous membrane having a periphery; means for supporting the first membrane in a vision-facilitating position adjacent the eyes of a wearer in use; a fabric wall comprising a second, flexible and porous membrane; and attachment means attaching the first membrane at the periphery to the wall; wherein the first membrane provides eye protection against particulate projectiles while allowing the wearer to see through it and wherein the wall provides protection to the wearer against ingress of particulate matter to the wearer's eyes around the periphery of the first membrane. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the wall at least partially surrounds the head of the wearer in use. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The headgear of claim 2 wherein the wall depends to cover the wearer's mouth. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the wall substantially surrounds the transparent membrane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the transparent membrane comprises a flexible plastics sheet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The headgear of claim 5 wherein the sheet comprises a plurality of stacked peelable layers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 comprising a breathing aperture located in the wall below the first membrane. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The headgear of claim 7 comprising a third membrane substantially covering said breathing aperture, wherein the third membrane is selected to facilitate breathing through it by the user and is connected to the wall by connecting means. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The headgear of claim 8 wherein the third membrane defines a displaceable flap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The headgear of claim 8 wherein the third membrane comprises fabric meshing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the supporting means for the first membrane extends generally around the head of the wearer in use, to be supported thereby, and supports the wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The headgear of claim 11 wherein said supporting means comprises elongate band means tensioned against the wearer's head in use to resist displacement therefrom. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the supporting means comprises a hood portion extending from the wall over the head of the wearer in use. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The headgear of claim 13 wherein the hood portion comprises a crown panel integrally formed with the wall, the hood portion in use being at least partly supported by the head of the wearer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 having a brim portion arranged to extends generally radially from the wearer's head in sun-shielding orientation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 having orientation-assisting means proximate a lower end of the wall when in use, said orientation-assisting means being weighted and arranged to urge said lower end to a position in proximity with the wearer's neckline. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the wall additionally comprises a pocket. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The headgear of claim 17 wherein the pocket is dimensionally adapted to contain a sachet charged with a functional substance. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The headgear of claim 18 wherein the functional substance comprises lens-cleaning means. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The headgear of claim 1 wherein the wall comprises hanging-eye means.