Patent ID: 6154881
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An improved face protector of a type having a head-engaging strap for encircling and engaging the head of a wearer and having a pair of diametrically opposing pivoting-throughbores, a forehead engaging-stiffening member extending along the head-engaging strap for overlying the forehead of the wearer and having a pair of ends, wherein each end has a pivoting-throughbore, a facing protecting-lens pivotally attached to the forehead engaging-stiffening member for selectively covering the face of the wearer and having a pair of terminal axial edges, wherein each terminal axial edge has a pivoting-throughbore, and pivoting apparatus pivotally attaching the face protecting-lens to the forehead engaging-stiffening member so as to allow the face protecting-lens to pivot down onto the face of the wearer when in use and to pivot up off the face of the wearer when not in use, said improvement comprising the pivoting apparatus comprising a pair of studs; each stud extending outwardly through an associated pivoting-throughbore in the head-engaging strap, outwardly through an associated pivoting-throughbore in the forehead engaging-stiffening member, and outwardly through an associated pivoting-throughbore in the facing protecting-lens.