Patent ID: 8151796

Claim:
An inflatable harness crew mask, comprising: a mask portion including a face seal molding formed to fit around the periphery of the face of the wearer; an inflatable harness including at least one inflatable tube connected to the face seal molding; an inflation valve connected in fluid communication to said inflatable harness and configured to control inflation of the harness, wherein said inflation valve comprises an inflation valve housing having a first end and a second end, an inlet port and an outlet port, an inflation valve poppet slidably disposed in said inflation valve housing, a plunger pin slidably disposed in the first end of inflation valve housing and abutting the inflation valve poppet, said plunger pin being biased to a closed position, and a gas release button pivotally connected to the valve connector housing and disposed adjacent to the plunger pin allowing a user to press against the gas release button to open the inflation valve poppet to release pressured gas through the inflation valve outlet port; and a pressurized gas inflation supply assembly configured to supply pressurized gas to the inflation valve to inflate the inflatable harness.