Headband with cushion

• US 4,675,919 A
• Filed: 05/01/1986
• Issued: 06/30/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Heine USA Limited (Heine), Propper Manufacturing Co. Inc.
• Original Assignee: Heine USA Limited (Heine), Propper Manufacturing Co. Inc.
• Inventors: Heine, Helmut A., Theissig, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Olds, J. L.
• Application Number:
  US06/858,347
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 2/410, 2/411, 2/414, 2/422, 2/412, 2/171, 2/181, 2/181.4, 2/DIG. 11
• US Class Current: 2/410
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/14 Suspension devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/502 Headgear, e.g. helmet, spectacles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/50 Supports for surgical instruments, e.g. articulated arms

Abstract

A headband for the mounting of devices carried on the head, in particular medical optical instruments, includes removable cushions which are constructed of an elastic material of stable shape and are located on the headband at regions at which it comes into contact with the head of the user. The cushions include strap profiles with edge strips, which extends along the sides of the cushions and which engage the edges of the headband for securing the cushions thereto.

Claims

1. A headband for the mounting of devices carried on the head, in particular optical instruments, comprising at least one removable cushion of one-piece integral construction located at at least one section of the headband, said cushion being constructed of an elastic material of uniform composition and stable shape and including a strap profile, said profile extending over edges of the headband and engaging the headband at the edges thereof to secure the cushion to the headband.

2. The headband of claim 1, in which the cushion is constructed of integral foam material based on polyurethane.

3. The headband of claim 1 in which the strap profile extends substantially over the entire length of the cushion.

4. The headband of claim 2 in which the strap profile extends substantially over the entire length of the cushion.

5. A removable cushion of one-piece integral construction adapted to be received on at least one section of a headband utilized for the mounting of devices carried on the head, said cushion being constructed of an elastic material of uniform composition and stable shape and including a strap profile, said profile extending over edges of the headband and engaging the headband at the edges thereof to secure the cushion to the headband.

6. The cushion of claim 5, which is constructed of integral foam material based on polyurethane.

7. The cushion of claim 5 in which the strap profile extends substantially over the entire length of the cushion.

8. The cushion of claim 6 in which the strap profile extends substantially over the entire length of the cushion.