Ear shield apparatus
OwnerRobert Schmitt, Richard Kinseyinventors
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Abstract
An ear shield assembly which attaches to various headgear and protects the users ears against the sun and ultra violet rays, thereby reducing the probability of inducing cancer in this normally sensitive and exposed area. The head gear is typically a cap with the protective ear shield attachments positioned on opposite sides of the cap. These ear shields are placed above the ears and may be folded up against the cap and secured to the side of the cap with hood and loop material when they are not in use. When in use, these shields are lowered and extended outward horizontally from the brim of the cap, allowing air to reach the users ears, while at the same time blocking the sunlight from reaching the ears.
Claims9
An ear protection assembly designed to be clipped to head gear to protect the ears from the sun, comprising:
- (a) an ear shield made of sheet material which attenuates the suns radiation, said shield having a first side of a plurality of sides formed along the edge of said sheet material and said sheet material being positioned between the sun and the ear to block said radiation from reaching the ear,
- (b) a bracket having a first and a second end, said bracket being attached to said first side of said shield at said first end of said bracket and said bracket having a socket cavity built into the second end of said bracket,
- (c) a clip assembly including a first clip, said first clip having a first and a second end, and said first clip having on its first end an upper and a lower arm that are spaced apart, each of said arms having an inside surface that faces the same surface on the opposite arm to enclose and grip said head gear to support said clip assembly on said head gear, and
- (d) a rod having an outside diameter which permits rotation of said rod within said socket cavity while still providing a close fit to said cavity to generate resistance to said rotation, said rod being positioned generally horizontally and parallel to the side of the wearers head about the ear to be protected, said rod being joined to said clip assembly to connect said clip assembly to said bracket and permit rotation of said shield through an arc of nominally 180 degrees through which said shield passes from flat up against the side of the head gear to horizontally outward from the side of the wearer's head about the ear to be protected to down and parallel to the ear to be protected, but not in contact with said ear.
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