Safety hard hat and face shield assembly

Abstract

A hard hat which provides the safety integrity of a hard hat, but includes an integrated face shield manipulable from a non-use position to a use position and vice versa by the wearer utilizing one hand without the necessity of removing the hard hat from the head of the wearer.

1 . A safety hard hat and face shield assembly comprising: 
 a safety hard hat of one piece construction having a dome member and unitary visor, said visor having a slot formed therein proximate the intersection of said visor and said dome member, said dome member having a recessed groove formed therein, said recessed groove centered above said visor slot;    a facial shield slidably positioned in said visor slot, said facial shield having a threaded aperture centrally positioned proximate an upper edge thereof;    a securing means positioned through said threaded aperture in said facial shield and selectively frictionally engageable in said recessed groove in said dome member, said securing means frictionally securing said facial shield and permitting the positioning of said facial shield in a slidably down, face protecting position or in an upward, non-use position, said securing means comprises a rotatable one piece tension knob with threaded fastener portion rotatably receivable within said threaded aperture in said facial shield, said threaded fastener portion slidable within said recessed groove in said dome portion and is selectively frictionally engageable with said recessed groove so as to position said facial shield on said dome member,    a head band and harness assembly snap fit within said dome member and adjustable to the head of a user.    
   
   
       2 . The safety hard hat and face shield assembly in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said face shield assembly is transparent and shatterproof.  
   
   
       3 . (canceled)  
   
   
       4 . The safety hard hat and face shield assembly in accordance with  claim 3  wherein said securing means is operable by one hand of the user without the necessity of removal of said safety hard hat.  
   
   
       5 . The safety hard hat and face shield assembly in accordance with  claim 3  wherein said securing means maintains said face shield in a desired position by means of friction.  
   
   
       6 . A safety hard hat and face shield assembly in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said unitary visor of said safety hard hat extends about the periphery of said dome member.  
   
   
       7 . The safety hard hat and face shield assembly in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said unitary visor of said safety hard hat extends from the front end of said dome member of said safety hard hat.