Patent ID: 6041440
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A device for protecting an ear from heat and moisture including:a lower support member for covering areas around and adjacent to the ear;an upper support member aligned with the lower support member;a recessed member formed in the upper support member, having an aperture formed in a lower portion thereof, for covering a recessed inside surface of the ear;a diagonally descending back member coupled between an outermost portion of one side of the upper support member and an innermost portion of one side of the lower support member for covering a back portion of the ear;a first semicircularly configured elongated member coupled to outermost portions of the upper support member for engaging and covering first semicircularly configured outwardly protecting portions of the ear;a second elongated member coupled in the recessed member adjacent to and spaced from the first elongated member for engaging and covering a first elongated ridge like member formed on the recessed inside surface of the ear which is adjacent to the first outwardly projecting portions of the ear;a third elongated member coupled in the recessed member adjacent to upper portions of the second elongated member for engaging and covering a second elongated ridge like member formed on the recessed inside surface of the ear adjacent upper portions of the first elongated ridge like member; anda semicircularly v-shaped elongated member coupled to innermost portions of the upper support member between the second and third elongated members for engaging and covering a semicircularly v-shape innermost outwardly projecting member of the ear so that when the aperture in the recessed member is aligned with the ear canal in the ear and the elongated members are moved into alignment with respective adjacent outwardly projecting and elongated ridge like members of the ear a protective cover conforming to the shape of the ear is formed to cover the ear and predetermined areas adjacent to the ear.