Patent ID: 8201276
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A42B

Abstract:
1. A protection device having a triangular body portion adapted to be one or both of connected to or disposed on a lower outside edge of a headgear, the triangular body portion comprising: a first side of a first edge connectable to a side of the headgear; a second side of the first edge connectable to an opposite side of the headgear; and a depending tapering portion defined by a second edge and a third edge, the depending tapering portion connected to and depending downwardly from the first and second sides of the first edge; at least a first connection element on the first side of the first edge for detachably connecting the first edge of the triangular body portion to the lower outside edge of the headgear; at least a second connection element on the second side of the first edge for detachably connecting the first edge of the triangular body portion to the lower outside edge of the headgear; an apparel connective element on the depending tapering portion adapted for detachably connecting the depending tapering portion to a complementary connective component on a wearer's apparel, wherein the triangular body portion is suspended in a full downward extension toward the complementary connective component on the wearer's apparel; the first edge, the second edge, and the third edge defining at least one structural open space between the triangular body portion and the wearer's apparel so as to allow air flow ventilation between the second edge and the wearer's apparel and between the third edge and the wearer's apparel; and wherein the triangular body portion is adapted to protect at least a lower portion of the wearer's face, the wearer's throat, and a portion of the wearer's upper torso.