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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Stallings, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cabot Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2209 ; 2208 ; 181 20 ; 181256 ;
Abstract
An ear protecting device for protecting a wearer from annoying and/or damaging noise levels. The device is comprised of a connecting member and a pair of muffs suitable for covering a wearer's ears. The muffs are suspended from opposite portions of the connecting member. The muffs are permeable to water vapor. Each said muff is at least partially porous. Each said muff has a specific airflow resistance of at least 15,000 SI rayls. Each said muff has a permeance of at least 2 metric perms.