Cold weather hood for safety hat
OwnerWalter E. Schuesslerinventor
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Abstract
A knitted hood for use with hard hats to provide cold weather protection for a wearer. The hood is tubular, including an upper portion adapted to be stretched over a hard hat and lower face mask portion capable of being extended over a wearer's face and neck. The face mask portion has at least one elastic-bordered face opening and is also provided with at least one laterally-elongated slit above the level of the face opening(s) for receiving a portion of the brim of a hard hat to anchor the hood against unintentional detachment from the hat.
Claims24
A protective hood for use with a safety hat having rigid integral crown and brim portions, said hood comprising a tube of stretchable knitted fabric having upper and lower portions and having a maximum diameter in an unstretched state substantially smaller than the brim of a safety hat to be worn therewith, said tube being open at its lower end and having at least one face opening located in said lower portion, said tube also having at least one brim-receiving slit between said upper and lower portions for receiving a portion of the brim of a safety hat to anchor said tube against longitudinal and lateral sliding movement relative to a safety hat over which said upper portion of said tube is fitted, said slit and face opening being spaced apart to define a lateral band of fabric therebetween for protecting a wearer's forehead and for restraining upward movement of said hood upon a safety hat.
A safety hat having rigid integral crown and brim portions and a tubular hood of stretchable knitted fabric having an upper hat-receiving portion being open at its lower end and having at least one face opening located intermediate at the upper and lower limits thereof, said tube having a maximum diameter in an unstretched state substantially smaller than the brim of said safety hat and having the upper portion thereof stretched about and tightly receiving said brim and crown portions of said hat, said tube also having a laterally-elongated slit interposed between said upper and lower portions and receiving a portion of said brim to anchor said tube against unintentional sliding of said tube relative to said hat, said slit and face opening being spaced apart to define a lateral band of fabric therebetween for protecting a wearer's forehead and for restraining upward movement of said tube upon said hat.
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