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US 12,383,015 · App. 17/752,197 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Eye protection, eye protection device for a headgear and headgear comprising an eye protection device

Inventor: Edwin Busch (Guetersloh, DE)
Assignee: Busch PROtective Germany GmbH & Co KG
A42B3/185A42B3/28A44D2203/00
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Patent No.
US 12,383,015
App. No.
17/752,197
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An eye protection device including: a viewing material; and a frame connected to the viewing material. Wherein the frame includes at least one contact body projecting from the frame, the at least one contact body having at least one contact surface, the at least one contact surface being configured to project from the frame at an angle of 30° to 150° relative to a surface of the viewing material, wherein the at least one contact body comprises at least one frame magnet integrated into the at least one contact body and configured to magnetically couple with a headgear.

Claims (40)

1. An eye protection device comprising:

a viewing material having a viewing surface configured for viewing through the viewing surface in a viewing direction; and

a frame connected to the viewing material,

wherein the frame comprises at least one contact body projecting from the frame, the at least one contact body having at least one contact surface, the at least one contact surface being configured to project from the frame at an angle of 30° to 150° relative to the viewing surface of the viewing material, wherein the at least one contact body comprises at least one frame magnet integrated into the at least one contact body and configured to magnetically couple with a headgear;

wherein the frame comprises at least one protrusion plate extending from the viewing surface in a fixed direction opposite to the viewing direction, and

in a coupled state of the frame to the headgear, the at least one protrusion plate is configured to be arranged in a recess of a fastening device of the headgear such that the at least one protrusion plate is inserted into the recess in the direction opposite to the viewing direction;

wherein an entirety of the at least one protrusion plate is arranged offset from the at least one contact body in a direction perpendicular to the viewing direction.

2. The eye protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one protrusion plate comprises first and second protrusion plates.

3. The eye protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the viewing material is configured as a complete face shield configured to cover the eyes, nose and mouth of a user.

4. The eye protection device according to claim 3 , further comprising an air supply device for supplying fresh air to an internal space defined between a user's face and the viewing material.

5. The eye protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the viewing material comprises at least one ventilation slit on an upper side of the viewing material.

6. The eye protection device according to claim 5 , wherein the viewing material is configured as goggles.

7. The eye protection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a seal for sealing an internal space defined between a user's face and the viewing material.

8. The eye protection device according to claim 7 , wherein the seal comprises one of a sealing foam and a sealing lip.

9. A headgear comprising:

the eye protection device according to claim 1 ; and

a headgear body having the fastening device comprising at least one fixing portion for fixing the fastening device to an underside of the headgear body or integrally configured with the headgear body on the underside of the headgear body,

wherein the at least one contact surface comprising a first contact surface;

the fastening device comprises at least one holding magnet, the first contact surface being configured in a form fitted manner or with a complementary shape to a second contact surface of the fastening device,

in a completely fixed state of the eye protection device to the headgear body, the first contact surface contacts with the second contact surface and the at least one holding magnet magnetically couples with the at least one frame magnet to magnetically fix the frame to the fastening device.

10. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein:

the at least one frame magnet comprises a first frame magnet and a second frame magnet,

the at least one holding magnet comprises a first holding magnet and a second holding magnet, and

in the completely fixed state, the first holding magnet magnetically couples with the first frame magnet and the second holding magnet magnetically couples with the second frame magnet to magnetically fix the frame to the fastening device.

11. The headgear according to claim 10 , wherein a polarity of the first frame magnet is inverse to a polarity of the second frame magnet and a polarity of the first holding magnet is inverse to a polarity of the second holding magnet.

12. The headgear according to claim 10 , wherein the frame is fixed to the fastening device in a first semi-fixed state where only the first holding magnet is magnetically coupled with the first frame magnet or only the second holding magnet is magnetically coupled with the second frame magnet, wherein the frame can be pivoted, in the first semi-fixed state, about a vertical swiveling axis which runs through the magnets magnetically coupling with one another.

13. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein the frame is fixed to the fastening device in a second semi-fixed state where a first prefixing magnet arranged in a horizontal direction centrally on the frame magnetically prefixes a second prefixing magnet arranged in the horizontal direction centrally on the fastening device, wherein in the second semi-fixed state, the first contact surface is pivoted with respect to the second contact surface about a horizontal swiveling axis and the at least one frame magnet does not magnetically couple with the at least one holding magnet.

14. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein the fastening device comprises a rail extending in a horizontal direction, wherein the at least one holding magnet is integrated into the rail and the second contact surface is a portion of the rail.

15. The headgear according to claim 14 , wherein the rail has a curved configuration, and a curvature of the rail is configured to correspond to a curvature of the underside of the headgear body.

16. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one fixing portion comprises at least one holding surface projecting vertically from the fastening device, which is configured to lie in contact with an inside of the headgear body.

17. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one protrusion plate is configured in a form fitted manner or with a complementary shape to the recess.

18. The headgear according to claim 9 , wherein the frame comprises a latch protruding vertically from the first contact surface, the latch being configured to lie in contact with a rear wall of the fastening device in the completely fixed state.

19. The eye protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening device comprising:

at least one fixing portion for fixing the fastening device to an underside of the headgear body, and

at least one holding magnet, the first contact surface being configured in a form fitted manner or with a complementary shape to a second contact surface of the fastening device, and

wherein, in a completely fixed state of the eye protection device to the headgear body, the first contact surface contacts with the second contact surface and the at least one holding magnet magnetically couples with the at least one frame magnet to magnetically fix the frame to the fastening device.

20. The eye protection device according to claim 19 , wherein:

the at least one frame magnet comprises a first frame magnet and a second frame magnet,

the at least one holding magnet comprises a first holding magnet and a second holding magnet, and

in the completely fixed state, the first holding magnet magnetically couples with the first frame magnet and the second holding magnet magnetically couples with the second frame magnet to magnetically fix the frame to the fastening device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2022
From: BUSCH, EDWIN
To: BUSCH PROTECTIVE GERMANY GMBH & CO KG
Reel/Frame 059999/0989 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 103 441.0 · Feb 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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