Patent ID: 6012175
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A wholly disposable hood assembly for use in toxic and the like ambient atmospheres, comprising the combination of:a hood member of pliable, air-impermeable material having a central viewing area by which a person wearing the hood may see; an elongate air member of pliable, air-impermeable material forming an air passageway and having one end operatively and fluid tightly connected to said hood member with the other end being adapted to be connected to a source of breathable air to be supplied to the wearer of the hood; an air permeable member being of different cross-sectional dimension than said air passageway and being disposed within and along a major portion thereof, the portion of said hood opposite said central viewing area having an integral channel into which said one end of said elongate member is operatively and fluid tightly connected, said channel extending upwardly of the back of said hood to direct air introduced into said air passageway over the head of a person wearing said hood member.