Claims
- 1. An ear covering and eye covering assembly comprising a resilient, hard, stiff, non-elastic, arcuate, non-encircling elongated head band structure which is adapted to be positioned at an angle above the eyes and across a forehead of a wearer and which is constructed to extend only part way around the head of a wearer from one ear forwardly across the forehead to the other ear and not behind the head or over the top of the head of the wearer, said band structure having a hard, inelastic center portion which is adapted to be positioned over the middle of the forehead of the wearer and above the nose of the wearer and first and second hard, inelastic, but flexible end portions each having a free end which is arranged to extend to a position adjacent one ear, each end portion including a band made of rigid but flexible spring material and coupled at an inner end thereof, opposite said free end, to said center portion of said band structure, first and second ear coverings mounted, respectively, to one of said band structure end portions adjacent said free end thereof, adjusting means for adjusting the position of said ear coverings on said band end portions, said center portion of said band structure including rigid mounting means centrally located over the wearer's forehead for mounting an eye covering, and an eye covering mounted to said mounting means.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said eye covering mounting means is a molded plastic piece received on said band structure.
- 3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said eye covering means is pivotably mounted to said mounting means.
- 4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said head band structure includes a spring metal member extending to and including said end portions of said band structure whereby said ear coverings are urged against the wearer's head.
- 5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said eye covering includes an eye glass frame and a pair of lenses mounted in said frame.
- 6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said eyeglass frame is pivotably mounted to said mounting means.
- 7. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said lenses are clear.
- 8. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said lenses are tinted.
- 9. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said lenses are prescription glasses.
- 10. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said eye covering comprises a one piece molded construction eye covering.
- 11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein said eye covering is made of safety glass or plastic.
- 12. The assembly of claim 1 further including a removable visor mounted on said mounting means.
- 13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein said visor is pivotably mounted to said mounting means.
- 14. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each ear covering has an audio delivery means therein.
- 15. The assembly of claim 14 wherein said audio delivery means comprise at least one speaker mounted in one of said ear coverings.
- 16. The assembly of claim 15 wherein each ear covering has a speaker therein.
- 17. The assembly of claim 15 wherein said audio delivery means include a radio.
- 18. The assembly of claim 17 wherein each ear covering has a speaker therein and said assembly includes wire conductors carried by said mounting means and connected between said speakers and said radio.
- 19. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said ear covering includes sound muffling means.
- 20. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said center portion of said band structure is arcuate, non-encircling and tubular and adapted to receive therein said band of each end portion of said band structure which are slidable frictionally within said center portion of said band structure, said frictional slidable mounting of said bands within said arcuate, tubular, center portion of said band structure defining said adjusting means for adjusting the position of said ear coverings.
- 21. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each ear covering is pivotally mounted to one of said band structure end portions.
- 22. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said adjusting means includes slide mounting means on each ear covering for slidably mounting each ear covering on one of said band structure end portions.
- 23. An ear covering and eye covering assembly comprising a resilient, hard, stiff, non-elastic, arcuate, non-encircling elongated head band structure which is adapted to be positioned at an angle above the eyes and across a forehead of a wearer and which is constructed to extend only part way around the head of a wearer from one ear forwardly across the forehead to the other ear and not behind the head or over the top of the head of the wearer, said band structure having a hard, inelastic center portion which is adapted to be positioned over the middle of the forehead of the wearer and above the nose of the wearer and first and second hard, inelastic, but flexible end portions each having a free end which is arranged to extend to a position adjacent one ear, first and second ear coverings mounted, respectively, to one of said end portions of said band structure adjacent said free end thereof, said center portion of said band structure including hard, inelastic, rigid mounting means centrally located over the wearer's forehead for mounting an eye covering, and an eye covered mounting to said mounting means.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 889,747 filed July 28, 1986, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (18)
Continuations (1)
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