Full face mask with head harness receiving channel
Assignee441 Blueprint Inc.
InventorFelix Couture
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Abstract
There is disclosed a full-face mask to be worn in combination with a protective helmet having a suspension harness. The mask comprises a receiving channel interfacing with the suspension harness to secure the connection between them while preventing the safety helmet to physically interfere with or hinder wearing the mask. Thus, the combination of protective headgears may be worn with improved comfort and decreased risks of breaking the seal provided by the full-face mask.
Claims20
A mask to be worn over a face of a user in combination with a safety helmet comprising a head suspension harness having a bottom edge and an interior surface, the mask comprising:
- a sealing element contacting a part of a face of a user, the sealing element defining a contour comprising a forehead portion;
- a transparent faceguard mounted to the sealing element defining a compartment therein, wherein one of the sealing element and the transparent faceguard comprises a forefront portion about the forehead portion;
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- an upward facing receiving channel provided on the forefront portion, comprising:
- open extremities;
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- a pair of opposed walls abutting the bottom edge and the interior surface of the suspension harness when mounted therein.
A combination of protective headgears for a user having a face, a head and a forehead, comprising:
- a mask to be worn over the face of a user, comprising:
- a forehead portion contacting the forehead of the user;
- forefront portion about the forehead portion;
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- an upward-facing receiving channel located at the forefront portion comprising a pair of opposed walls;
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- a safety helmet to be worn over the head of the user, comprises a head suspension harness comprising a bottom edge and an interior surface, wherein the pair of opposed walls are abutting the bottom edge and the interior surface of the suspension harness when mounted therein.
A receiving channel to be part of or mounted to a forefront portion of a mask located about a forehead portion, wherein the receiving channel is for interfacing with a suspension harness of a safety helmet worn in combination with the mask, the receiving channel comprising:
- an exterior surface interfacing with the mask;
- an upward-facing open space delimited by:
- a front wall;
- a rear wall;
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- open extremities, wherein the front wall and the rear wall provide abutments for bands of the suspension harness to contact against and thereby having the suspension harness being forced to bend by having a bottom edge of the suspension harness being pushed inwardly by the front wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.