US 11,992,078 B2
Headwear suspension attachment element
David M. Castiglione, Hudson, WI (US); Michael J. Cowell, Woodbury, MN (US); Nathan A. Abel, Minneapolis, MN (US); William A. Mittelstadt, Cottage Grove, MN (US); Jill E. Gulliver, Bracknell (GB); Ian Kelsall, Wiltshire (GB); August Michael, Enskede (SE); Oskar E. Juhlin, Gustavsberg (SE); and George J. Elliott, Bracknell (GB)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/088,135
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/023949
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/172510, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/313,959, filed on Mar. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345097 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A42B 3/14 (2006.01); A42B 3/28 (2006.01); A62B 18/02 (2006.01); A62B 18/08 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/288 (2013.01) [A42B 3/14 (2013.01); A62B 18/025 (2013.01); A62B 18/084 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A respiratory protection device harness adapter, comprising:
first and second major surfaces having an upper edge region and a lower edge region;
a first suspension attachment protrusion proximate the upper edge region;
a second suspension attachment protrusion proximate the lower edge region; and
a harness attachment element comprising a hook and configured to releasably attach a strap component of a respiratory harness assembly;
wherein the first and second suspension attachment protrusions are spaced and configured to releasably attach to a head suspension of a headwear article, the adapter further comprising a strap attachment element and wherein the strap attachment element further comprises a loop, and the hook is connectable with the loop.