CN101583291B

CN101583291B - Protective garment

Info

Publication number: CN101583291B
Application number: CN2006800564934A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 斯蒂芬·贝克
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-11-27
Filing date: 2006-11-27
Publication date: 2011-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 2026-11-27
Also published as: WO2008066510B1; CA2706401C; CN101583291A; AU2006351239A1; WO2008066510A2; AU2006351239B2; CA2706401A1; MX2009005557A; WO2008066510A3; KR20100014280A; JP2010510831A

Abstract

A protective garment (10) incorporates a mask portion (12) and a body portion (14) which are configured to filter out airborne particulates. The protective garment (10) outwardly has the appearance ofa conventional shirt, sweater or jacket, yet incorporates a convenient, easy to use, and readily accessible mask that is always available to the wearer and is ready for use on short notice. The mask portion (12) is configured to be worn as a folded over collar (21) when not in use and to be unfolded and rolled up to cover a wearer's nose and mouth and substantially all of the wearer's neck when in use as part of the protective garment (10).

Description

Protective garment

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to the protective garment field; and relate more specifically to a kind of collapsible face shield; this collapsible face shield be included in the clothes and as the part of these clothes prevent personnel suffer dust, flue gas, toxic gas and arbitrarily other from the material of airborne pollutant, for example automobile and lorry waste gas, coating particles and infectiousness biologic product.

Background technology

Recently, the public safety about the adverse effect aspect of the pollution that is exposed to airborne particle form is for a long time existed pay close attention to.The most general air pollution form that the ordinary people meets with is that motor vehicle exhaust gases, not controlled fire cause or near flue gas and the dust and the dust of manufacturing facility, it is passing through owing to automobile and lorry that these dust and dust are present in the air, the operation of Architectural Equipment is engaged in that the dust kicked up such as the such recreation of non-highway travelling of mountain-climbing, four-wheel drive vehicle etc. causes.

Though rarer, the public also more and more pays close attention to for attack the protection of carrying out at the biology that brings by terrorist or other dangerous element.The biological possible form that attacks is considered to main form with airborne chemical substance or biologic product.The public's concern increases is the threat that brings such as SARS or the potential such airborne infection disease of influenza on the other hand.

The various types of safety eyewears that are designed to solve above-mentioned concern are known for a long time in the prior art.For example, common artist's face shield is used to protect at the airborne poisonous coating particles of kicking up during drawing a picture for a long time.Similarly, gardener's face shield is used for for a long time at airborne dust and dust protection gardener with such as other so outdoor workman of field worker.Equally, surgical face shield is made by doctor and their staff for a long time and is used at contacting with virus with airborne infective bacterial and protecting.

Except above-described, also exploitation has other more complicated mask system.An example like this is the U.S. Patent No. 6,609,516 that is entitled as " SMOKE ESCAPE MASK " of authorizing Hollander etc. in August 26 in 2003.The device of Hollander comprises breathing circuit filter, its size is suitable for covering user's nose and mouth, this device also comprise the transparent eyeshade that is attached to breathing circuit filter and be used for face shield be fixed to the user face be positioned at presser sensor adhesive segment on this device periphery edge.The device of Hollander is arranged on and is used for single in the packages sealed structure and uses, and will be stored in from the very high zone of the suction risk of the flue gas of controlled fire not.

Though the device of Hollander is in case of emergency effective for the possibility that reduces the flue gas suction, it has serious defective as above-mentioned simpler face shield.That is, such face shield is unsuitable for the usual dress of the public or carries, especially in the public domain.The public seldom uses such face shield partly because many people think that dressing such face shield in public all makes us being difficult to accepting aspect social or popular.In addition, such face shield is the accessory that adds, and it must package when going to the public domain.Equally, many people forget packing and/or buy such face shield that therefore this face shield is unavailable in needs.Therefore, there is the space that is used to improve in prior art.

Therefore, need a kind of face shield, it can be incorporated into such as so common the dress in the clothes of shirt.It is inconspicuous that this face shield should be constructed to when not using; and when needing (for example under fire or the biological situation about attacking) or expectation (for example, wishing to protect) to come to protect, can easily use at airborne particle at pungent dust or motor-vehicle tail-gas.

Summary of the invention

The defective of protective garment of the present invention by providing a kind of integrated face that uses easily, easily and obtain easily and neck face shield to overcome prior art.This face shield is incorporated into such as in the such shirt of T-shirt common and that often wear.By face shield being incorporated into such as in the such clothes of T-shirt, many shortcomings of prior art are overcome, and this is because face shield is available usually, and is ready to use at once.Face shield is designed to not be kept at boldly when not using in the collar or neck area of shirt.Face shield can easily be put use to good use by the feature of catching of the present invention being called as " ear circle ".The ear circle allows face shield easily to put use and by the ear that slips over the wearer that face shield is fixing on the throne in addition to good use.Face shield comprises the filter cell that is incorporated in the blouse fabric.When putting use to good use, filter cell covers wearer's mouth and nose.As will going through following, filter cell can become known for particle in the filtered air or the various materials of gas are made by prior art.This face shield also provides the covering fully to wearer's neck, that is, this face shield comprises the neck part of parcel fully.

These and other aspect of the present invention will be apparent by studying accompanying drawing and following detailed description the in detail of the present invention.

Description of drawings

The present invention is by being shown with reference to the accompanying drawings and substantially, in these accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the forward sight left side perspective view that shows the embodiment of protectiveness face shield of the present invention and shirt, and it is in expanded position on the wearer;

Fig. 2 is the backsight left side perspective view of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the forward sight left side perspective view that shows the embodiment of protectiveness face shield of the present invention and shirt, and it is in reception position on the wearer;

Fig. 4 is the front perspective view that shows the embodiment of protectiveness face shield of the present invention and shirt, and it is in expanded position on the wearer;

Fig. 5 is the rear perspective of the embodiment of Fig. 4; With

Fig. 6 is the left side perspective view of the embodiment of Fig. 4

The specific embodiment

To describe some embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to protective garment, generally illustrate as Fig. 1-6.Additional embodiment of the present invention, feature and/or advantage will obviously or by implementing the present invention be realized by description subsequently.In the accompanying drawings, diagram is not according to ratio, and same being marked in diagram and the specification refers to same feature.

With reference to figure 1-6, more specifically with reference to figure 4-6, show protective garment 10 substantially, according to the present invention, it comprises face shield part 12 and main part 14.Main part 14 comprises preceding cloth (panel) 16 and back cloth 18, and this back cloth is attached to preceding cloth around periphery edge part 20, to form neck opening 22 and the collar that folds back 21 (Fig. 3) when face shield part 12 is in reception position (Fig. 3).Main part 14 also comprise arm opening 24 and 26 and be formed on before and the bottom opening 30 of office, junction surface of the periphery edge of

back cloth

16,18.

When observing illustrated a plurality of accompanying drawing, be apparent that the size of preceding cloth 16 and back cloth 18 and structure are set to limit main part 14 or similar upper body clothes, are used to cover wearer's upper torso 32.As shown in the figure, main part 14 has typical T-shirt outward appearance.But scope of the present invention is not limited to T-shirt.It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that main part comprises the shirt or the upper body clothes of multiple arbitrary form, for example comprises blouse, jacket and overcoat.

Refer again to Fig. 1-6, more specifically with reference to figure 4-6, upwardly extending from main part 14 is face shield part 12 of the present invention.Face shield partly comprises mask body 34, it is designed to comply with wearer's face and neck, and can be made by single cloth or a plurality of cloth, described cloth is cut and is suitable for complying with general face and neck size, as the clothes manufacturing is well known in the prior art.What be incorporated into mask body is filter cell 36.This filter cell can be sewn in the mask body, and it is attached perhaps to make any alternate manner well known in the prior art with binding agent or clothes.Another feature of face shield part 12 is a pair of ear circle 38 (showing best in Fig. 2 and 4).The ear circle can form with mask body 34, perhaps via sewn attachment or be incorporated in the clothes.

Filter cell 36 of the present invention can be any fabric that is used to filter out one or more airborne particles, gas or biologic product.The filter fabric can be to weave or non-woven material.The filter fabric can be made by natural fiber, and for example cotton or wool perhaps can be made by synthetic fibers, for example polyester and polyurethane and/or other synthesising foam material.The filter fabric by mechanical schemes (for example can be designed as, by changing count and/or fabric thickness, or under the situation of foamed material, change foam density) and/or by particle and/or gas in chemical mechanism (for example, by the adsorbing active carbon particle is embedded in fabric and/or the foam and/or by with adsorptivity chemical substance treatment fabric and/or the foam) filtered air.Gou Zao filter can filter out multiple common airborne pollutant as mentioned above, such as flue gas, dust and dust.Generally, in order from air, to remove bacterium and/or virus, need to filter out 1 to 2 micron so little particulate filtration device of picture.Such filter is known (surgeon's face shield of some types is such examples) in the prior art, and is suitable for using with the present invention.When being equipped with such filter, the present invention is suitable for Military Application.

When not using, the face shield part 12 of protective garment 10 can be reeled or fold gets off to enter reception position (Fig. 3), and wherein, face shield part 12 forms the collar (Fig. 3) that folds back substantially.Alternatively, face shield part 12 can be folded so that be hidden in the preceding and back cloth 16 of

protective garment

10 and 18 times.It also is feasible being used to take in face shield other variant partly.The wearer of protective garment 10 can partly catch face shield part 12 (Fig. 2) and easily launch face shield part 12 down and by ear circle 38 by getting at shirt.Face shield part 12 can be pulled through the facial of wearer and be fixed to wearer's face by the ear that ear circle 38 is slipped over the wearer.

Between operating period every day, it is exactly the situation of waiting for bus AT STATION that the wearer expects to launch in may example one of face shield part 12 multiple of clothes 10 of the present invention.When waiting for bus AT STATION, the wearer must wait for that for a long time wherein, except the pollutant that is produced by vehicle exhaust, the vehicle of walking " is kicked up a large amount of dust and dust " in air easily.Under these circumstances, the wearer easily selects partly to come at such pollutant protection oneself by the face shield part is launched this face shield from its reception position via 38 pull-ups of ear circle.After this, in case automobile arrives, the wearer gets on the bus, and face shield can easily return its reception position, and can put use at any time again to good use.

Foregoing detailed description and accompanying drawing intention are as the description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the unique form that is not intended to represent the present invention to be configured and/or utilizes.It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the modification of protectiveness face shield of the present invention and alternative embodiment are feasible and actual, it does not depart from the spirit and scope of aforementioned specification and accompanying drawing and claims.The claim intention covers all such modification and alternative embodiments.

Industrial applicibility

Protective garment of the present invention has very wide industrial applicibility, and it is incorporated into face shield part and main part, and they are configured to filter out airborne particle, gas and/or other pollutant.

Claims

1. protective garment comprises:

Main part;

The face shield part, extend and leave described main part, and be constructed to when face and the neck of when reception position launches, complying with the wearer, when this reception position, described face shield partly forms the collar that folds back, and the described collar that folds back limits the neck opening of circular; With

At least one filter cell, be incorporated in the described face shield part, and be constructed to when described face shield partly is unfolded to cover wearer's mouth and nose, the face shield of described expansion part is fixed on the throne at least one position of leaving described neck opening is constructed to head the wearer, wherein, the described face shield that is unfolded partly comprises at least one incorporate ear circle, and described face shield part is by catching described at least one incorporate ear circle and it is pulled away from described neck opening and is unfolded from described reception position.

2. protective garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described main part is selected from the clothing group that comprises shirt, blouse, jacket and overcoat.

3. protective garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described at least one filter cell is made one or more fabrics that filter out in airborne particle, gas or the biologic product by being suitable for.

4. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is by weaving or non-woven material is made.

5. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is made by natural fiber.

6. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is made by synthetic fibers.

7. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is made by natural fiber and synthetic fibers.

8. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to the mechanically particle of filtered air propagation.

9. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to mechanically filtering gas.

10. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to the chemically particle of filtered air propagation.

11. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to chemically filtering gas.

12. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to filter out at least a airborne bacterium.

13. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to filter out at least a airborne virus.

14. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to filter out flue gas.

15. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to filter out airborne dust granules.

16. protective garment as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described filter fabric is constructed to filter out airborne dust granule.

17. protective garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described at least one filter cell is sewn in the described face shield part.

18. protective garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described at least one filter cell is attached in the described face shield part with binding agent.