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US4703879:
Night vision goggle headgear
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kastendieck, William A.; Wylie, TX
Hart, Richard T.; Garland, TX
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| Assignee: |
Varo, Inc., Garland, TX
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| Published / Filed: |
1987-11-03
/ 1985-12-12
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| Application Number: |
US1985000808152
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A42B 3/04;
A42B 3/14;
A61F 9/02;
F16M 13/04;
G02B 23/12;
G02C 3/02;
IPC-7:
A42B 1/241;
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| ECLA Code: |
A42B3/04; A42B3/04B4; A42B3/14; A61F9/02S; F16M13/04; G02B23/12H; G02C3/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/422;
002/006.6;
224/181;
224/930;
359/477;
Original:
224/181;
002/006;
350/143;
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| Field of Search: |
224/181,909,908
002/006,418,419,420,422
350/143
351/245
D02/231,230,233
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| Priority Number: |
| 1985-12-12 |
US1985000808152 |
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| Abstract: |
A headgear (10) for supporting a night vision goggle (12) to the head of a wearer. A flexible temporal strip (18) is joined to a flexible crown strip (20) in the forehead region, at which juncture a pair of integral rails (74, 76) suspend the goggle (12) therefrom. The temporal strip (18) and crown strip (20) include free ends which are directed toward the posterior of the cranium (22) and are connected by straps (36, 46, 48) to a webbed pad (38) which engages the occipital protuberance to prevent forward rotation of the headgear (10) due to the weight of the goggle (12). Lower girth straps (68, 69) maintain attachment of the headgear (10) to the cranium (22) and further aid in antirotational movement.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mills, Jerry W. ;
Chauza, Roger N. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Recla, Henry J.; Petrik, Robert M.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A lightweight headgear device attachable to a wearer's head so as to leave the face of the wearer substantially unobstructed and accommodate the concurrent use of a gas mask, or the like, and adapted for suspending vision equipment proximate the wearer's eyes, comprising:
- a cranial frame having a strip of material at least partially encircling the crown of the wearer's head above the wearer's ears, said strip having a pair of free ends which are angled downwardly behind the wearer's ears near the cranial posterior;
- a vison equipment support member engageable with a frontal part of said frame; and
- head engaging means engageable with the cranial occipital protuberance of the wearer's head, said head engaging means being connected between the free ends of the cranial frame so as to be disposed adjacent the cranial occipital protuberance and such that movement of the headgear occasioned by the weight of the vision equipment is counteracted by the engagement of the head engaging means with the cranial occipital protuberance.
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