Patent ID: 8234719

Claim:
A protective headgear apparatus comprising, a facial shield including first and second thin sheets of material which substantially overlie each other, said first sheet of material is impermeable, flexible and transparent, said second sheet of material is pliant, said first and second sheets of material each having a first portion of the perimeters thereof having the same curvilinear configuration, said first portion of said first and second sheets of material securely joined together along the curvilinear portion to form a lower edge of said facial shield such that said facial shield is able to lie flat, said first and second sheets of material each having a second portion of the respective perimeters thereof which are selectively separable from each other, at least one flexible support tab having one edge securely joined to at least one of said first and second sheets adjacent to said first portions thereof, and tension means provided along the free edge of said second sheet to cause at least a portion of said support tab to tend towards perpendicular to the plane surface of said first sheet.