TODAY’S PATENT – COMBINATION EYE AND EAR PROTECTION APPARATUS

The Combination eye and ear protection apparatus was invented by Bill Artzberger on 23^rd  September 2017 bearing patent number US20040181841A1.

The present invention relates to a combination eye and ear protection apparatus includes an eye protection portion which includes respective ends, an ear protection portion which includes a pair of ear-covering portions, and a pair of bridge portions connected between the respective ends of the eye protection portion and outer portions of the respective ear-covering portions. The eye protection portion includes a frame which includes frame ends, and lenses are received in the frame. The bridge portions include VELCRO bridge-to-ear-cover connectors and the ear-covering portions include complimentary VELCRO ear-cover-to-bridge connectors. With the combination eye and ear protection apparatus of the invention both ear protection and eye protection are provided for a wearer without the eye protection assembly interfering with good ear protection.

The apparatus wherein each bridge portions includes: a first bridge segment connected to a bridge-to-frame hinge, a second bridge segment connected to said first bridge segment at a first bend which has an outer bend angle, and a third bridge segment connected to said second bridge segment at a second bend which has an inner bend angle.