Patent ID: 8411382

Claim:
An emergency vision apparatus, comprising: a) a blower; b) an inflatable enclosure remote from said blower, said enclosure being made of airtight material and having an expanded form when deployed and a deflated form when not in use; c) first and second clear members disposed at respective first and second ends of said enclosure to enable a user to see through said enclosure when expanded and observe a source of information at a distal end of said enclosure while smoke or other particulate matter is in the environment; d) a switch operably associated with said blower to activate said blower and thereby inflate said enclosure when deployed; e) a tubular air passageway connecting said blower and said enclosure, said passageway being extendible from a shorter length for stowage to a longer length when said enclosure is deployed; f) said passageway including an inner hose operably associated with an outer hose, said inner hose being disposed within said outer hose when said enclosure is not in use; and g) said inner hose is slidable within and extendible from said outer hose when said enclosure is deployed.