Claims
- 1. A headset comprising:
a mounting assembly adapted to be worn on a user's head; and a mask unit supported by said mounting assembly and including a mask body configured to cover at least the nose and mouth region of said user, said mask unit movable between a retracted position where the mask body is proximal to the crown of the user's head, and a deployed position where the mask body is adjacent said nose and mouth region, said mask unit including a gas delivery passageway operable to deliver breathable gas to the mask body when the mask body is in said deployed position thereof.
- 2. The headset of claim 1, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, and an elongated, stationary arcuate strap secured to said ear pieces and configured to pass over the crown of the user's head.
- 3. The headset of claim 2, said mounting assembly including a movable arcuate strap shiftable between a retracted position proximal to said stationary strap and a deployed position wherein the movable strap passes around the back of the user's head.
- 4. The headset of claim 1, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces and respectively extending over the crown of the user's head, and around the back of the user's head.
- 5. The headset of claim 1, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with an arcuate skull cap body secured to the ear pieces and configured for extending over the rear half of the user's head.
- 6. The headset of claim 1, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces, one of said straps extending around the back of the user's head, and the other of said straps extending upwardly from the ear pieces at an oblique angle relative to the one strap.
- 7. The headset of claim 1, including a visor unit supported by said mounting assembly and shiftable between a retracted position where the visor is proximal to the crown of the user's head and a deployed position covering the eyes of the user.
- 8. The headset of claim 7, said visor unit in the deployed position thereof being disposed atop said mask body.
- 9. The headset of claim 7, said visor including an upper periphery, there being a device adjacent such upper periphery for inhibiting entrance of smoke into the visor.
- 10. The headset of claim 9, said device comprising a series of gas outlet openings along said upper periphery, and a conduit for delivery of pressurized gas to said outlet openings.
- 11. The headset of claim 9, said device comprising selectively inflatable bellows which in the inflated condition thereof will engage the forehead of the user.
- 12. The headset of claim 1, said mask unit having a collapsed configuration when the mask unit is in said retracted position, said mask unit movable to a face-engaging position when the mask unit is moved to said deployed position.
- 13. The headset of claim 12, said mask body including inflatable bellows, there being a pressurized gas conduit operably coupled with said bellows for selected inflation thereof when the mask body is in said deployed position.
- 14. The headset of claim 1, including sealing structure disposed on opposite sides of said mask body and operable to prevent entrance of smoke.
- 15. The headset of claim 14, said sealing structure comprising flexible skirt sections secured to opposite sides of said mask body, and an operator coupled with said skirt sections for moving the skirt sections to engage the face of the user.
- 16. The headset of claim 14, said sealing structure comprising a pair of brush sections on opposite sides of said mask body, and an operator coupled with the brush sections for moving the latter to engage the face of the user.
- 17. The headset of claim 14, said mask unit comprising an arcuate arm pivotally connected to said ear pieces and supporting mask body, said sealing structure comprising a series of gas outlet openings along the length of said arm, and a pressurized gas conduit community with the openings for delivery of pressurized gas thereto.
- 18. The headset of claim 1, including a motive and control assembly carried in one of said ear pieces, said motive and control assembly operably coupled with said mask unit for selective movement thereof between said retracted and deployed positions.
- 19. The headset of claim 18, said motive and control assembly including a controller and a driver, the driver operably connected with said mask unit.
- 20. The headset of claim 19, said driver including a shiftable rack and a mating gear coupled with said mask unit, said controller including a pneumatic valve assembly for selective shifting of the rack.
- 21. The headset of claim 20, said rack operably coupled with a pneumatic cylinder, said pneumatic valve assembly coupled with the cylinder.
- 22. The headset of claim 18, the driver including a piston and cylinder assembly, the rod of said assembly operably coupled with an elongated tie element connected to said mask unit, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said piston and cylinder assembly.
- 23. The headset of claim 18, the driver comprising a pair of relatively shiftable, slotted disks cooperatively defining a pneumatic chamber, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said chamber whereby upon application of pressurized gas in said chamber, at least one of said disks shift relative to the other disk.
- 24. The headset of claim 18, said driver comprising a pair of intermeshed gears, one of said gears coupled with said mask unit, an electric drive motor coupled with said one gear and electrical circuitry for selective operation of said drive motor.
- 25. The headset of claim 18, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly, said valve assembly being manually operable.
- 26. The headset of claim 25, said valve assembly including an override for automatic operation of the valve assembly.
- 27. The headset of claim 26, said override comprising an aneroid.
- 28. The headset of claim 26, said override including a voice-actuated operator.
- 29. A headset comprising:
a mounting assembly adapted to be worn on a user's head; a visor unit supported by said mounting assembly and including a visor configured to cover the eyes of said user, said visor unit movable between a retracted position where the visor unit is proximal to the crown of the user's head, and a deployed position where the visor unit is covering the eyes of said user; and a motive and control assembly operably coupled with said visor unit for selective movement thereof between said retracted and deployed positions thereof.
- 30. The headset of claim 29, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with an elongated, stationary arcuate strap secured to said ear pieces and configured to pass over the crown of the user's head.
- 31. The headset of claim 30, said mounting assembly including a movable arcuate strap shiftable between a retracted position proximal to said stationary strap and a deployed position wherein the movable strap passes around the back of the user's head.
- 32. The headset of claim 29, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces and respectively extending over the crown of the user's head, and around the back of the user's head.
- 33. The headset of claim 29, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with an arcuate skull cap body secured to the ear pieces and configured for extending over the rear half of the user's head.
- 34. The headset of claim 29, said mounting assembly comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces, one of said straps extending around the back of the user's head, and the other of said straps extending upwardly from the ear pieces at an oblique angle relative to the one strap.
- 35. The headset of claim 29, said visor including an upper periphery, there being a device adjacent such upper periphery for inhibiting entrance of smoke into the visor.
- 36. The headset of claim 35, said device comprising a series of gas outlet openings along said upper periphery, and a conduit for delivery of pressurized gas to said outlet openings.
- 37. The headset of claim 35, said device comprising selectively inflatable bellows which in the inflated condition thereof will engage the forehead of the user.
- 38. The headset of claim 29, said motive and control assembly including a controller and a driver, the driver operably connected with said visor unit.
- 39. The headset of claim 38, said driver including a shiftable rack and a mating gear coupled with said mask unit, said controller including a pneumatic valve assembly for selective shifting of the rack.
- 40. The headset of claim 39, said rack operably coupled with a pneumatic cylinder, said pneumatic valve assembly coupled with the cylinder.
- 41. The headset of claim 38, the driver including a piston and cylinder assembly, the rod of said assembly operably coupled with an elongated tie element connected to said mask unit, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said piston and cylinder assembly.
- 42. The headset of claim 38, the driver comprising a pair of relatively shiftable, slotted disks cooperatively defining a pneumatic chamber, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said chamber whereby upon application of pressurized gas in said chamber, at least one of said disks shift relative to the other disk.
- 43. The headset of claim 38, said driver comprising a pair of intermeshed gears, one of said gears coupled with said mask unit, an electric drive motor coupled with said one gear and electrical circuitry for selective operation of said drive motor.
- 44. The headset of claim 38, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly, said valve assembly being manually operable.
- 45. The headset of claim 44, said valve assembly including an override for automatic operation of the valve assembly.
- 46. The headset of claim 45, said override comprising an aneroid.
- 47. The headset of claim 44, said override including a voice-actuated operator.
- 48. A headset comprising:
a mask unit including a mask body configured to cover at least the nose and mouth region of a user; means for mounting said mask unit on said user's head; and means for moving said mask unit between a retracted position where the mask body is proximal to the crown of the user's head, and a deployed position where the mask body is adjacent said nose and mouth region, said mask unit including a gas delivery passageway operable to deliver breathable gas to the mask body when the mask body is in said deployed position thereof.
- 49. The headset of claim 48, said mounting means including a stationary arcuate strap and a movable arcuate strap shiftable between a retracted position proximal to said stationary strap and a deployed position wherein the movable strap passes around the back of the user's head.
- 50. The headset of claim 48, said mounting means comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces and respectively extending over the crown of the user's head, and around the back of the user's head.
- 51. The headset of claim 48, said mounting means comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with an arcuate skull cap body secured to the ear pieces and configured for extending over the rear half of the user's head.
- 52. The headset of claim 48, said mounting means comprising a pair of opposed ear pieces, with a pair of fixed, arcuate straps secured to said ear pieces, one of said straps extending around the back of the user's head, and the other of said straps extending upwardly from the ear pieces at an oblique angle relative to the one strap.
- 53. The headset of claim 48, including visor means supported by said mounting means and shiftable between a retracted position where the visor is proximal to the crown of the user's head and a deployed position covering the eyes of the user.
- 54. The headset of claim 53, said visor means in the deployed position thereof being disposed atop said mask body.
- 55. The headset of claim 53, said visor means including an upper periphery, there being means adjacent such upper periphery for inhibiting entrance of smoke into the visor.
- 56. The headset of claim 55, said smoke entrance-inhibiting means comprising a series of gas outlet openings along said upper periphery, and a conduit for delivery of pressurized gas to said outlet openings.
- 57. The headset of claim 55, said smoke entrance-inhibiting means comprising selectively inflatable bellows which in the inflated condition thereof will engage the forehead of the user.
- 58. The headset of claim 48, said mask unit having a collapsed configuration when the mask unit is in said retracted position, said mask unit movable to a face-engaging position when the mask unit is moved to said deployed position.
- 59. The headset of claim 58, said mask body including inflatable bellows, there being a pressurized gas conduit operably coupled with said bellows for selected inflation thereof when the mask body is in said deployed position.
- 60. The headset of claim 48, including sealing means disposed on opposite sides of said mask body and operable to prevent entrance of smoke.
- 61. The headset of claim 60, said sealing means comprising flexible skirt sections secured to opposite sides of said mask body, and an operator coupled with said skirt sections for moving the skirt sections to engage the face of the user.
- 62. The headset of claim 60, said sealing means comprising a pair of brush sections on opposite sides of said mask body, and an operator coupled with the brush sections for moving the latter to engage the face of the user.
- 63. The headset of claim 60, said mask unit comprising an arcuate arm pivotally connected to said ear pieces and supporting mask body, said sealing means comprising a series of gas outlet openings along the length of said arm, and a pressurized gas conduit community with the openings for delivery of pressurized gas thereto.
- 64. The headset of claim 48, including motive and control means carried in one of said ear pieces, said motive and control means operably coupled with said mask unit for selective movement thereof between said retracted and deployed positions.
- 65. The headset of claim 64, said motive and control means including a controller and a driver, the driver operably connected with said mask unit.
- 66. The headset of claim 65, said driver including a shiftable rack and a mating gear coupled with said mask unit, said controller including a pneumatic valve assembly for selective shifting of the rack.
- 67. The headset of claim 66, said rack operably coupled with a pneumatic cylinder, said pneumatic valve assembly coupled with the cylinder.
- 68. The headset of claim 64, the driver including a piston and cylinder assembly, the rod of said assembly operably coupled with an elongated tie element connected to said mask unit, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said piston and cylinder assembly.
- 69. The headset of claim 64, the driver comprising a pair of relatively shiftable, slotted disks cooperatively defining a pneumatic chamber, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly coupled with said chamber whereby upon application of pressurized gas in said chamber, at least one of said disks shift relative to the other disk.
- 70. The headset of claim 64, said driver comprising a pair of intermeshed gears, one of said gears coupled with said mask unit, an electric drive motor coupled with said one gear and electrical circuitry for selective operation of said drive motor.
- 71. The headset of claim 64, said controller comprising a pneumatic valve assembly, said valve assembly being manually operable.
- 72. The headset of claim 71, said valve assembly including an override for automatic operation of the valve assembly.
- 73. The headset of claim 72, said override comprising an aneroid.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Serial No. 60/331,372 filed Jul. 2, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60331372 |
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