Patent ID: 6862745
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. For a firefighter, rescue worker, or chemical worker or another wearer needing head protection, a combination comprising a protective hood, a face mask, and a head harness, wherein the head harness is attached to the face mask, so as to secure the face mask to the wearer's head, when the face mask and the head harness are worn, wherein the protective hood is attached to the face mask, at a lower portion of the face mask but not elsewhere, wherein the protective hood is able to hang downwardly from the lower portion of the face mask, after the protective hood has been attached to the lower portion of the face mask and before the protective hood has been donned, and wherein the protective hood is adapted to be donned by being pulled over the wearer's head and over the head harness, while the protective hood is attached to the lower portion of the face mask, so as to cover the wearer's head and to cover the head harness, except for a frontal region of the wearer's head, when the protective hood, the face mask, and the head harness are worn.