Industrial hearing protection and communication assembly
First Claim
1. An industrial hearing protection and communication assembly comprising:
- a frame, said frame including a front frame member;
at least one substantially transparent, substantially shatter proof material eye panel coupled to said front frame member;
said frame structured to be supportably disposed on a wearer so as to maintain said eye panel disposed in a generally shielding position in front of the wearer'"'"'s eyes;
at least one disposable protective ear insert structured and disposed to be inserted into the wearer'"'"'s ears so as to substantially muffle exterior noise, a flexible insert connector extending from said frame and structured and disposed to removably secure said protective ear insert to said frame such that said protective ear insert is variably positionable relative to said frame in accordance with the location of the wearer'"'"'s ears, said protective ear insert including a bore extending axially therein from a first face thereof, a receiver structured and disposed to receive an audio signal;
at least one speaker head structured and disposed to audibly communicate said audio signal received by said receiver to the wearer, said speaker head sized to be removably inserted into said bore in said protective ear insert such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud environment and said protective ear insert substantially muffles exterior noise.
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Abstract
An industrial hearing protection and communication assembly including a frame having a front frame member that includes a substantially transparent shatterproof eye panel disposed to shield a wearer'"'"'s eyes, and at least one protective ear insert structured to be fitted into a wearer'"'"'s ear in order to substantially muffle exterior noise. The assembly further includes a speaker head to audibly communicate an audio signal received by a receiver disposed on the frame to the wearer. The speaker head is structured to be inserted into a bore defined in the protective ear insert, and as such, into one of the wearer'"'"'s ears so that the audio signal is audible and clear to the wearer in a loud environment even though the exterior noise is muffled by the protective ear insert and the speaker head is shielded from contact with the wearer and from perspiration or other body contaminants of the wearer. Further, the protective insert is removably and moveably secured to the frame such that is can be variably positionable in accordance with the location of the wearer'"'"'s ears.
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1. An industrial hearing protection and communication assembly comprising:
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a frame, said frame including a front frame member;
at least one substantially transparent, substantially shatter proof material eye panel coupled to said front frame member;
said frame structured to be supportably disposed on a wearer so as to maintain said eye panel disposed in a generally shielding position in front of the wearer'"'"'s eyes;
at least one disposable protective ear insert structured and disposed to be inserted into the wearer'"'"'s ears so as to substantially muffle exterior noise, a flexible insert connector extending from said frame and structured and disposed to removably secure said protective ear insert to said frame such that said protective ear insert is variably positionable relative to said frame in accordance with the location of the wearer'"'"'s ears, said protective ear insert including a bore extending axially therein from a first face thereof, a receiver structured and disposed to receive an audio signal;
at least one speaker head structured and disposed to audibly communicate said audio signal received by said receiver to the wearer, said speaker head sized to be removably inserted into said bore in said protective ear insert such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud environment and said protective ear insert substantially muffles exterior noise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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