Patent ID: 8453262
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A protective headgear apparatus comprising, a facial shield including first and second thin sheets of material which substantially overlie each other, said first sheet of material is impermeable, flexible and transparent, said second sheet of material is pliant, said first and second sheets of material each having a first portion of the perimeters thereof having the same curvilinear configuration, said first portion of said first and second sheets of material securely joined together along the curvilinear portion to form a lower edge of said facial shield such that said facial shield is able to lie flat, said first and second sheets of material each having a second portion of the respective perimeters thereof which are selectively separable from each other, said second portion of said second sheet forming a free edge of said second sheet upon separation from said first sheet, and at least one flexible support tab having one edge securely joined to at least one of said first and second sheets adjacent to said first portions thereof, and tension provided along the free edge of said second sheet upon separation from said first sheet causes at least a portion of said support tab to tend towards perpendicular to the plane surface of said first sheet.