Patent ID: 11883695
Assignee: SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. The respirator mask of claim 12, wherein a first end of the latch is generally opposite the second end of the latch and comprises the protrusion engagement element of the latch, wherein the latch resides in the initial latch position in the absence of the protrusion engagement element of the latch being engaged with the protrusion of the facepiece, wherein a biasing element biases the latch towards the initial latch position, and wherein when the regulator is in its first, installed rotational position so that the protrusion engagement element of the latch of the regulator is within a locking slot of the facepiece, the latch is urged by the biasing element back into its initial latch position.