US 12,239,580 B2
Eye-protection headgear
Mats U. Sernfält, Leksand (SE)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on May 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/867,790.
Application 16/867,790 is a continuation of application No. 14/483,530, filed on Sep. 11, 2014, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261274 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 9/06 (2006.01); A42B 3/22 (2006.01); F16P 1/06 (2006.01); A61F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/061 (2013.01) [A42B 3/225 (2013.01); A61F 9/023 (2013.01); F16P 1/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eye-protection headgear comprising,
an opaque rigid visor comprising a window that consists of an optically-transmissive, clear pane mounted in a through-opening of the opaque rigid visor, with the exclusionary proviso that the window does not comprise an optical filter configured to reduce high intensity visible light;
a flexible fabric bib removably attached to, and extending downward from, a lower edge of the opaque rigid visor;
wherein the opaque rigid visor is pivotably movable between at least a first, shielding position in which a lower edge of the flexible fabric bib is configured to contact the user's chest, and a second, non-shielding position in which a lower edge of at least a forward portion of the flexible fabric bib is configured to be above the level of the eyes of a user of the eye-protection headgear;
and,
a head suspension to which the opaque rigid visor is pivotally connected by a pivotal connection that allows the opaque rigid visor to be pivotally moved relative to the head suspension between at least the first, shielding position and the second, non-shielding position.