Patent ID: 8286269

Claim:
A hard hat with attached pair of glasses including a dome portion, the dome portion having an interior surface defining a dome space for receiving a wearer's head and a separate interior cavity, said interior surface including a generally vertical front portion which is located adjacent to the interior cavity, a pair of glasses which are stored in said internal cavity when not in use whereby said dome portion allows storage of the glasses and receiving the wearer's head at the same time and a visor extending forwardly and substantially horizontally of the vertical front portion so as to protect the eyes of the wearer and a connection system connecting said pair of glasses to said hard hat, the connection system adapted to allow adjustment of the position of the glasses inside said dome portion and down and out of said dome portion and pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis, the connection system including at least one first portion extending inside said dome portion near said generally vertical front portion, at least one second portion mounting said pair of glasses and holding said pair of glasses generally vertically for placement in front of a user's eyes, the at least one second portion being slidably connected to the at least one first portion to be slidable up inside said dome portion and down out of said dome portion generally parallel to said front portion of the interior surface to move the glasses up and down and said connection system also facilitates movement of the glasses forwardly and rearwardly relative to the at least one first portion wherein, (i) the dome space has a suspension arrangement or padding to maintain a spacing between the dome portion and the wearer's head and said interior cavity is separated from said dome space by part of said suspension, arrangement or padding; (ii) to thereby form a separate shaped cavity in the form of a recess or ledge adjacent the dome space and integrally formed within said interior surface; (iii) said vertical front portion is spaced from said dome space by said interior cavity since the pair of glasses is configured to be in front of the wearer's head when not in use; (iv) said interior cavity is located behind the visor such that the pair of glasses is configured to be positioned above and behind the visor when not in use; and (v) said up and down movement of the glasses facilitates movement of the glasses into the interior cavity.