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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:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; A62B / ; A62B / ; A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820125 ; 12820128 ; 12820124 ; 12820612 ; 12820616 ;
Abstract
A full head respirator to filter the air of smoke and fumes, that includes an infrastructure capable of fitting over a human head and adaptable to all sizes and shapes of wearers. The infrastructure is formed by a plurality of intersecting air tubes. The respirator has a covering made of flexible flame-resistant material that is adapted to envelop the human head and neck, mounted on the infrastructure and secured thereto. The covering has a transparent eyepiece, and filter means. The respirator has a mechanism for generating a foam to fill the air tubes of the infrastructure, and thereby fit them about the head of a wearer, and fastening mechanisms to secure the respirator on the head of the wearer.