Patent ID: 7934497

Claim:
A modular helmet-mask assembly which comprises: (a) a helmet capable of enclosing the head of a user, said helmet comprising an impact resistant material; and (b) a face protection assembly, alternately attachable to and detachable from a front part of said helmet, which face protection assembly comprises (i) a face protection shell comprising an impact resistant material; (ii) a vision port through the shell at the level of the eyes of a user; (iii) a flexible nosecup assembly within the shell, which nosecup assembly is positioned to engage the mouth and nose of a user, said nosecup comprising a breathe-through airflow assembly and a filter unit; (iv) a flexible face seal, disposed on an inner surface of the shell around the nosecup assembly and the vision port, which face seal is capable of engaging the face of a user; and (v) an adjustable head harness attached at a surface of the shell or the face seal which is capable of engaging the back of a user's head to thereby adjustably secure the face seal and nosecup assembly to a user's face, and (c) either (i) or (ii): (i) a transparent, impact resistant lens fixed to the vision port at the level of the eyes of a user; (ii) a transparent, impact resistant lens rotatably attached at the front part of the helmet and positioned to alternately engage and disengage with the vision port of the shell at the level of the eyes of a user.