Protective hood
AssigneeScott Technologies, Inc.
InventorPaul David Duncan
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Abstract
A protective hood is provided for protecting a wearer's head from environmental elements. The protective hood includes a hood body having a cap section positioned to fit over a top of the wearer's head, side sections positioned to hang adjacent sides of the wearer's head, and a back section positioned to hang adjacent a back of the wearer's head. The hood body includes a channel extending along at least a portion of the cap section and/or at least a portion of the side and back sections. A transparent face member is held by the hood body. An adjustable head harness assembly is held by the hood body. The adjustable head harness assembly includes an elastic member extending through the channel for securing the hood body on the wearer's head.
Claims19
A protective hood for protecting a wearer's head from environmental elements, said protective hood comprising:
- a hood body comprising a cap section positioned to fit over a top of the wearer's head, side sections positioned to hang adjacent sides of the wearer's head, and a back section positioned to hang adjacent a back of the wearer's head, the hood body comprising a channel extending along at least one of at least a portion of the cap section and at least a portion of the side and back sections;
- wherein the channel is positioned to extend along the sides and back of the wearer's head above a level of the wearer's eyes;
- a transparent face shield held fixedly by the hood body configured to protect the wearer's face;
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- an adjustable head harness assembly held by the hood body, the adjustable head harness assembly comprising an elastic member extending through the channel for securing the hood body on the wearer's head.
A protective hood for protecting a wearer's head from environmental elements, said protective hood comprising:
- a hood body having an interior side portion and an exterior side portion, the interior side portion defining an interior space for receiving the wearer's head, the hood body comprising a cap section positioned to fit over a top of the wearer's head, side sections positioned to hang adjacent sides of the wearer's head, and a back section positioned to hang adjacent a back of the wearer's head;
- a transparent face shield held fixedly by the hood body configured to protect the wearer's face;
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- an adjustable head harness assembly held by the hood body and comprising an elastic member for securing the hood body on the wearer's head, at least a portion of the elastic member extending on the interior side portion of the hood body and extending along at least one of at least a portion of the cap section and at least a portion of the side and back sections, wherein the elastic member is isolated from the interior space such that the elastic member does not contact the wearer's head when the wearer's head is received within the interior space of the hood body wherein the elastic member is positioned to extend along the sides and back of the wearer's head above a level of the wearer's eyes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.