Safety Headwear and Accessories

Abstract

A coupling system for safety headwear is provided. Various embodiments of safety headwear accessories, such as a brim guard, are adjustable to couple to various configurations of safety headwear. The brim guard includes a mechanism to detachably couple accessories, such as a face shield, to the safety headwear.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hard hat system comprising:
 a hard hat comprising a shell formed from a rigid material;   a brim guard configured to couple to the hard hat such that a front of the brim guard is positioned at a front of the hard hat;   a face shield reversibly coupled to the brim guard, the face shield moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, the face shield is positioned below the brim guard when the face shield is in the lowered position and the face shield is above the brim guard when the face shield is in the raised position;   a first adaptor receiver coupled to the brim guard; and   a first adaptor received in the first adaptor receiver, the first adaptor comprising an arm extending along a primary longitudinal axis between a first end and an opposing second end, the first adaptor positionable in the first adaptor receiver in a first orientation in which the first end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver and in a second orientation in which the second end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver,   wherein the arm of the first adaptor is a first distance from the front of the brim guard when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, and the arm of the first adaptor is a second distance from the front of the brim guard when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second distance is greater than the first distance.   
     
     
         2 . The hard hat system of  claim 1 , wherein the first adaptor is rotated 180 degrees when transitioning from the first orientation to the second orientation. 
     
     
         3 . The hard hat system of  claim 1 , the first adaptor comprising:
 a first ledge comprising a first coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the first orientation; and   a second ledge comprising a second coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the second orientation.   
     
     
         4 . The hard hat system of  claim 3 , the first coupling surface defines a first distance from a bottom of the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, the second coupling surface defines a second distance from the bottom of the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second distance is different than the first distance. 
     
     
         5 . The hard hat system of  claim 4 , the second distance is greater than the first distance. 
     
     
         6 . The hard hat system of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a second adaptor receiver coupled to an opposite end of the brim guard from the first adaptor receiver; and   a second adaptor received in the second adaptor receiver, the second adaptor comprising an arm extending along a primary longitudinal axis between a first end and an opposing second end, the second adaptor positionable in the second adaptor receiver in a first orientation in which the first end of the arm extends downward from the second adaptor receiver and in a second orientation in which the second end of the arm extends downward from the second adaptor receiver,   wherein the arm of the second adaptor is a third distance from the front of the brim guard when the second adaptor is in the first orientation, and the arm of the second adaptor is a fourth distance from the front of the brim guard when the second adaptor is in the second orientation.   
     
     
         7 . The hard hat system of  claim 6 , wherein the third distance equals the first distance and the fourth distance equals the second distance. 
     
     
         8 . The hard hat system of  claim 6 , the second adaptor comprising a body that is fully received within the second adaptor receiver when the second adaptor is in the first orientation, the first adaptor receiver comprising a first coupling component that prevents the body of the second adaptor from being fully received within the first adaptor receiver. 
     
     
         9 . The hard hat system of  claim 8 , the body of the second adaptor is fully received within the second adaptor receiver when the second adaptor is in the second orientation. 
     
     
         10 . The hard hat system of  claim 8 , the first adaptor comprising a body that is fully received within the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, the second adaptor receiver comprising a second coupling component that prevents the body of the first adaptor from being fully received within the second adaptor receiver. 
     
     
         11 . A hard hat system comprising:
 a brim guard configured to couple to a hard hat such that a front of the brim guard is positioned at a front of the hard hat, the brim guard configured to reversibly couple with a face shield moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, the face shield is positioned below the front of the hard hat when the face shield is in the lowered position;   a first adaptor receiver coupled to the brim guard; and   a first adaptor received in the first adaptor receiver, the first adaptor positionable in the first adaptor receiver in a first orientation and in a second orientation different than the first orientation, the first adaptor comprising:
 a first ledge comprising a first coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, the first coupling surface defines a first distance from a bottom of the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the first orientation; and 
 a second ledge comprising a second coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second coupling surface defines a second distance from the bottom of the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second distance being greater than the first distance. 
   
     
     
         12 . The hard hat system of  claim 11 , the first adaptor comprising an arm extending along a primary longitudinal axis between a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the first orientation and the second end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver when the first adaptor is in the second orientation. 
     
     
         13 . The hard hat system of  claim 11 , the first adaptor comprising an arm extending along a primary longitudinal axis between a first end and an opposing second end, the first ledge and the second ledge extending from the arm, the first adaptor positionable in the first adaptor receiver in a first orientation in which the first end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver and in a second orientation in which the second end of the arm extends downward from the first adaptor receiver;
 wherein the arm of the first adaptor is a first distance from the front of the brim guard when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, and the arm of the first adaptor is a second distance from the front of the brim guard when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second distance is different than the first distance.   
     
     
         14 . The hard hat system of  claim 13 , the second distance is greater than the first distance. 
     
     
         15 . The hard hat system of  claim 11 , wherein the first adaptor is rotated 180 degrees when transitioning from the first orientation to the second orientation. 
     
     
         16 . A hard hat system comprising:
 a brim guard configured to couple to a first hard hat and a second hard hat, the brim guard configured to mechanically and reversibly couple with a face shield that is positionable below the brim guard;   a first adaptor receiver coupled to the brim guard; and   a first adaptor received in the first adaptor receiver, the first adaptor positionable in the first adaptor receiver in:
 a first orientation in which the first adaptor is configured to couple to the first hard hat, and the first adaptor is configured to not couple to the second hard hat when the first adaptor is positioned in the first orientation; and 
 a second orientation in which the first adaptor is configured to not couple to the first hard hat, and the first adaptor is configured to couple to the second hard hat when the first adaptor is positioned in the second orientation. 
   
     
     
         17 . The hard hat system of  claim 16 , comprising:
 a second adaptor receiver coupled to an opposite end of the brim guard from the first adaptor receiver; and   a second adaptor, the second adaptor positionable in the second adaptor receiver in:
 a first orientation in which the second adaptor is configured to couple to the first hard hat, and the first adaptor is configured to not couple to the second hard hat when the second adaptor is positioned in the first orientation; and 
 a second orientation in which the first adaptor is configured to not couple to the first hard hat, and the first adaptor is configured to couple to the second hard hat when the second adaptor is positioned in the second orientation. 
   
     
     
         18 . The hard hat system of  claim 16 , wherein the first adaptor is rotated 180 degrees when transitioning from the first orientation to the second orientation. 
     
     
         19 . The hard hat system of  claim 16 , the first adaptor comprising:
 a first ledge comprising a first coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the first orientation, the first ledge configured to couple with the first hard hat the first adaptor is in the first orientation; and   a second ledge comprising a second coupling surface facing upward when the first adaptor is in the second orientation, the second ledge configured to couple with the first hard hat the first adaptor is in the second orientation.   
     
     
         20 . The hard hat system of  claim 19 , the first adaptor comprising an arm extending along a primary longitudinal axis between a first end and an opposing second end, the first ledge and the second ledge extending from the arm.