Patent ID: 8732864

Claim:
An ear muff style ear protector device comprising: a body for permitting positioning on a wearer's head; two ear muff ear protectors connected with the body, so the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears so that one ear muff ear protector can cover one ear and the other ear protector can cover the other ear; and no headband; at least one ear protector being adapted to selectively enable the wearer to temporarily reduce the level of sound protection to the respective ear to enable external sounds to be heard more clearly; the body being an eye protector assembly which is connected to each one of the two ear muff ear protectors via a rotational mounting, each ear muff ear protector having a center equidistant from all edges, wherein the rotational mounting is located closer to an upper edge of the ear muff ear protector than the center of the ear protector, so that when worn each connection between the ear protector and eye protector assembly will be positioned relative to the wearer's ear, and the body can be rotationally moved independently of the ear protectors between a first position where the body rests on the wearer's face to provide protection to the wearer's eyes and one or more alternative positions where the body rests in a position where protection is not provided to the wearer's eyes while the ear protectors can be operatively held relative to a wearer's ears so that one ear protector can cover or uncover one ear and the other ear protector can cover or uncover the other ear; the eye protector assembly being resiliently formed such that the resilience of the eye protector assembly applies force to the ear protectors toward an upper edge of each ear protector to urge the respective ear protectors inwardly to grip the wearer's head and support the device in place when worn; and each rotational mounting having a member rotationally connecting the eye protector assembly to the ear protector and providing an axis of rotation for relative rotational movement between the ear protector and eye protector assembly located closer to the upper edge of the ear protector than the center of the ear protector, allowing pivoting of the ear protector around the axis of rotation to result in the lower edge of the ear protector swinging in an arc to uncover the wearer's ear without requiring movement of the eye protector while the apparatus/device is held in place on the wearer's head solely by pressure applied to the ear protectors through the rotational mountings by resilience of the eye protector assembly.