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US5717479:
Industrial safety assembly including disposable ear protection and earphone
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Rickards, Tom; Miami, FL 33142
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-02-10
/ 1996-09-06
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| Application Number: |
US1996000709359
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 9/02;
G02C 11/06;
Core:
G02C 11/00;
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IPC-7:
F24F 7/007;
G02C 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F11/12; A61F9/02Z; G02C11/06;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/158;
455/343.1;
455/346;
455/351;
Original:
351/158;
455/343;
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| Field of Search: |
351/158,41,123
455/343,344,347,350,351
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-09-06 |
US1996000709359 |
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| Abstract: |
An industrial safety assembly to be worn on a worker's head in an industrial setting, the assembly including a frame assembly having a front frame member, which includes a transparent shatterproof eye panel disposed to shield a wearer's eyes, and a pair of legs which extend from opposite sides of the front frame member and are positionable over a wearer's ears. The safety assembly also includes a speaker assembly structured to audibly communicate an audio signal received by a receiver mounted on the frame assembly to the wearer through a speaker head. The speaker head, which is structured to be inserted into one of the wearer's ears so that the audio signal is audible to the wearer, is flexibly and communicably secured to the frame assembly so as to permit variable positioning in accordance with a location of the wearer's ears. Further included in the safety assembly are a pair of disposable protective ear inserts structured to be inserted into the wearer's ears so as to muffle any exterior noise. The protective inserts are removably secured to the frame assembly such that each is variably positionable in accordance with the location of the wearer's ears.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Malloy & Malloy, P.A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Dang, Hung X.;
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First Claim:
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Now that the invention has been described, what is claimed is:
1. An improved, multi-user industrial safety assembly comprising:
- a frame assembly, said frame assembly including a first leg, a second leg and a front frame member,
- said first leg and said second leg being structured to extend from opposite sides of said front frame member towards a rear of said front frame member so as to be positionable over a wearer's ears in order to maintain said front frame member disposed in front of the wearer's eyes,
- at least one substantially transparent, substantially shatter proof material eye panel disposed in said front frame member so as to shield the wearer's eyes,
- receiver means mounted to said frame assembly, said receiver means being structured and disposed to receive an audio signal,
- at least one speaker assembly, said speaker assembly being structured and disposed to audibly communicate said audio signal received by said receiver means to the wearer,
- said at least one speaker assembly including a speaker head structured to be inserted into one of the wearer's ears such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud industrial environment,
- said speaker head being flexibly and communicably secured to said speaker assembly by generally elongate, flexible speaker connection means structured and disposed to variably position said speaker head relative to said frame assembly in accordance with a location of the wearer's ears,
- a pair of disposable protective ear inserts structured and disposed to be inserted into the wearer's ears so as to substantially muffle exterior noise,
- flexible insert connection means extending from said frame assembly and structured and disposed to removably secure each of said protective ear inserts to said frame assembly such that said protective ear inserts are variably positionable relative to said frame assembly in accordance with the location of the wearer's ears,
- said flexible insert connection means of a first of said protective ear inserts including said elongate, flexible speaker connection means,
- said first protective ear insert including a bore extending axially therethrough from a first face thereof,
- said bore in said first ear insert being structured and disposed to receive said speaker head removably therein such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer, the exterior noise is substantially muffled in the loud industrial environment, and said first protective ear insert is secured with said flexible speaker connection means, and
- said first protective ear insert being structured to substantially shield said speaker head from contact with the wearer and from perspiration or other body contaminants of the wearer.
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