Patent ID: 8245320
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. An eye shield attachment for use in combination with a safety helmet having a front brim continuous with a rim extending along each opposite side of said safety helmet to a pair of rim slots in the rim of said safety helmet, said rim slots each having a passage open at either end, said eye shield attachment comprising: a pair of frames adapted to removably attach to said pair of rim slots in said helmet, said pair of frames each having a fastening member that is (a) arranged to extend through and emerge from said passage of a corresponding one of said rim slots, and (b) reconfigurable to lie athwart said passage at a variable position along said fastening member in order to lock said fastening member in said rim slot to an adjustable depth in the rim slot; a support structure attached to said pair of frames and adapted to extend along said rim toward said front brim; and a lens attached to said support structure.