US 12,232,551 B2
Respirator
Trent T. Bauters, West Allis, WI (US); Alexander J. Paulsen, Milwaukee, WI (US); Aaron M. Williams, Milwaukee, WI (US); Adam M. Moller, Brookfield, WI (US); Benjamin T. Jones, St. Francis, WI (US); and Aaron S. Blumenthal, Shorewood, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,585.
Application 17/165,585 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/016182, filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,372, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235790 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1161 (2013.01) [A41D 2300/33 (2013.01); A41D 2300/332 (2013.01); A41D 2300/50 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quick-release respirator, comprising:
a housing configured to form an internal airspace between the housing and a user's face, the housing comprising a guide and a post;
a gasket coupled to the housing that forms a seal of the internal airspace;
a filter coupled to the housing that restricts air from transiting into the internal airspace of the housing without also transiting the filter;
an actuator that rotates about a pivot relative to the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position, the actuator comprising an anchor;
an upper strap configured to be positioned to surround a back of a user's head, the upper strap coupled to the actuator;
a lower strap configured to be positioned to surround the back of the user's head or neck, the lower strap coupled to the actuator; and
a connector strap extending between the upper strap and the lower strap;
wherein the post is positioned along an edge of the housing and is centrally located in a horizontal direction on the housing, the post comprising:
a first end configured to engage a first portion of the connector strap; and
a second end of the post opposite the first end, the second end configured to engage a second portion of the connector strap.