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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher E Coombs, Boonton, NJ (US);
Robert J Richter, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Richard M Peel, Gibbstown, NJ (US);
Andrew J Fordham, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Cairns & Brother Inc., Clifton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 61 ; 348 64 ; 348 73 ;
Abstract
Combination head-protective helmet which includes a cap and an outwardly extending brim and thermal imaging apparatus which includes an infrared camera for producing an infrared image of a scene or object and a display system which generates a visible image of the scene or object from the infrared image, the camera is mounted underneath the brim of the protective helmet for protection against e.g. falling objects and the display system is mounted on the helmet in a position to permit a person wearing the combination to see the visible image.