Hearing protection and communication assembly
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1. A 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 to be disposed at 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 an open area therein,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 and at least partially inserted into said open area in said protective ear insert such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud environment while said protective ear insert substantially muffles exterior noise.
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Abstract
The speaker head is inserted into the protective ear insert and into one of the wearer'"'"'s ears so that the audio signal is audible to the wearer in a loud environment where exterior noise is muffled by the protective ear insert and the speaker head is shielded from contact with the wearer. The protective insert is removably and moveably secured to the frame and variably positionable in accordance with the location of the wearer'"'"'s ears.
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1. A 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 to be disposed at 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 an open area therein, 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 and at least partially inserted into said open area in said protective ear insert such that said audio signal is substantially audible to the wearer in a loud environment while said protective ear insert substantially muffles exterior noise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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