Patent · US Expired

Head gear apparatus

US6393617B1 · kind B1 · utility

81Cited by

66References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Carmen J. Paris · Warsaw, US
Jose F. Guzman · Warsaw, US
Jack F. Long · Warsaw, US
Christian H. Clupper · Columbia City, US
Stacy A. Trick · Manchester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2000
Grant date	May 28, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA62B17/04
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A head gear apparatus (10) is provided that moves air to cool a caregiver's head. The head gear apparatus (10) includes a helmet (12) that has a shell (114) configured to rest upon a head of a user and a fan housing (120) movably coupled to shell (114), a fan (122) is positioned to lie within fan housing (120) and moves with fan housing (120) relative to shell (114), and a garment (14) selectively coupled to helmet (12). Garment (14) includes a face shield (20).

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