Protective hood

Abstract

A protective hood, particularly for the purpose of protecting the head of a person being and/or bathing inside a steam bath cabinet, the said protective hood including a separate hood part covering the head of the person inside the steam bath cabinet at least partially, the said hood part including one opening for pushing the person's head to inside the hood part, the said protective hood being attached to the steam bath cabinet at the head opening in the roof of the steam bath cabinet in such a way that the head of the person, stuck through the head opening in the steam bath cabinet, is at least partially inside the hood part. In the protective hood in accordance with the invention, the head opening of the protective hood incorporates a collar seal designed to improve the level of protection provided by the protective hood and to prevent the ingress of steam from the steam bath cabinet to inside the hood part and/or from the hood part of the protective hood into the steam bath cabinet.

1 . A protective hood for protecting a head of a person being and/or bathing inside a steam bath cabinet, including
 a hood part covering the head of the person inside the steam bath cabinet at least partially;   said hood part comprising one opening for pushing the person's head into a hood part;   said protective hood being attached to the steam bath cabinet at a head opening in a roof of the steam bath cabinet in such a way that the head of the person inside the steam bath cabinet is at least partially inside the hood part;   said head opening of the protective hood includes a collar seal designed to improve the level of protection provided by the protective hood and to prevent the ingress of steam from the steam bath cabinet to inside the hood part and/or from the hood part of the protective hood into the steam bath cabinet;   and the protective hood includes at least one steam supply duct to supply steam into the hood part for the purpose of steaming the head of the person inside the steam bath cabinet.   
   
   
       2 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the protective hood is attached to the roof of the steam bath cabinet detachably and/or such that it can be turned open.   
   
   
       3 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the hood part includes at least one viewing opening approximately at the height of the bather's eyes;   the said opening incorporating at least one adjustable visor to allow the viewing opening to be covered and opened adjustably.   
   
   
       4 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the protective hood includes at least one air-conditioning duct leading into the hood part in order to ventilate and/or cool the hood part.   
   
   
       5 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the protective hood incorporates sound reproduction devices for reproducing speech, music or other sounds within the hood part.   
   
   
       6 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the protective hood incorporates a display unit for the presentation of video images.   
   
   
       7 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the protective hood incorporates a massaging device for massaging the bather's face and/or head.   
   
   
       8 . A protective hood in accordance with  claim 1 , in which
 the hood part of the protective hood is at least partially made of a material that is non-transparent when viewed from the outside but transparent when viewed from the inside.