Patent ID: 7293560

Claim:
A supplementary panel attaching system that can be attached to a respirator mask to provide light filters in front of a visor panel provided on the respirator mask, the panel attaching system comprising: a visor panel with a first lens; a flexurally elastic supplementary panel that is similar in shape to the visor panel and has an angular side and comprising a second lens; a first stop in an angular rim section of the visor panel to form a guide pocket together with a front surface of the visor panel and a first snap-in hook that emerges from the visor panel; and a second snap-in hook molded onto the rim section of the visor panel opposite the first snap-in hook wherein the supplementary panel can be directly fastened to the visor panel, the guide pocket and angular side of the supplementary panel configured so that the angular side of the supplementary panel can be guidingly slid towards and into the guide pocket so as to consistently align the supplementary panel with the visor panel, the visor panel having spaced first and second sides, the first stop and first snap-in hook located at the first side of the visor panel, the second snap-in hook located at the second side of the visor panel.