Patent ID: 8621663

Claim:
An eye protector mountable to a protective helmet for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker, the protective helmet having a brim, the eye protector comprising: a bracket mounted to the brim; an eye shield movable between a storage position extending along the brim and a usage position extending downward from the brim to shield the eye of a wearer; and a hinge to connect the eye shield to the bracket for movement between the storage and usage positions, the hinge comprising a plurality of aligned hinge openings on the eye shield and the bracket, a socket on the eye shield; and a hinge pin extending through the hinge openings and having a first end releasably fixed in the socket and a second end that is exposed outside of the openings, wherein the first end has an interference fit into a conforming bore formed in the socket, the interference fit holding the first end against free movement in the socket.