Protective headgear
OwnerAlbert E. Ritchey, Thomas C. Reevesinventors
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Abstract
A headdress for wear by a health care professional or other person who is likely to come in contact with contaminants provides easily placeable and removable covering for the entire head area through the use of a unitized structure incorporating a headgear, a visor covering and shielding the eyes, and a face mask attached to the lower portion of the visor. The entire unit may be removed with one hand and may be discarded without further contamination.
Claims10
Apparatus for providing a protective cover to the head of a health care professional or like user exposed to a contaminating environment comprising:
- (a) a protective head covering means made from a spun polypropylene fabric having an elastomeric band encircling the head and circumscribing a singular opening in a protective covering such that the user's head is situated within the opening and covered above the elastomeric band means by the protective covering;
- (b) A clear visor extending across the face of the user having a strip attached along an upper margin thereof made from a hooked portion of hook and loop material, wherein said strip detachably engages said polypropylene fabric in hook and loop relation being easily detached and reattached;
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- (c) a face mask attached to the visor at a lower periphery thereof and providing means for attachment of said face mask and said visor to the face of the user.
An article for protecting a wearer from contamination comprising, in combination:
- (a) envelope means made from a spun polypropylene fabric for covering the head of a wearer including means circumscribing the head proximal the hair line of the head for securing said envelope means to said head, said securing means defining a singular opening in said envelope means;
- (b) visor means having a strip made from the hook portion of hook and loop material attached along an upper margin thereof, said strip being detachably secured to said envelope means proximal said securing means with said visor extending downward to cover the portion of a wearer's face proximal the eyes without obstructing the wearer's vision;
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- (c) mask means secured to a lower margin of said visor means in downward extension therefrom for covering the portion of a wearer's face including the mouth and nostrils thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.