Nose and lip protector apparatus

Claim 1

PROTECTOR APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING THE NOSE PORTION AND LIPS OF A BODY FROM THE ELEMENTS, SUBSTANTIALLY IRRESPECTIVE OF PREVAILING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND PARTICULARLY TO PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING SUNBURNED, WINDBURNED, OR OTHERWISE ABUSED BY EXPOSURE THERETO, AND COMPRISING: A NOSE SHIELD PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSE THE NOSE PORTION OF A BODY; SAID NOSE SHIELD BEING CONTOURED, CONFIGURED AND ARRANGED SO AS TO BE RETAINED IN A PROTECTIVE POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE ABSENCE OF ACCIDENTAL DISLODGEMENT; A LIP SHIELD DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID NOSE SHIELD PARTICULARY ADAPTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ENCOMPASS THE LIPS OF A BODY; SAID LIP SHIELD BEING CONTOURED, CONFIGURED AND ARRANGED SO AS TO BE RETAINED IN A PROTECTIVE POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE ABSENCE OF ACCIDENTAL DISLODGEMENT; AND A HINGE ASSEMBLY DETACHABLY CONNECTING SAID NOSE AND LIP SHIELDS WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, ENABLING SAID SHIELDS TO CONJOINTLY BE DISPOSED IN A PROTECTIVE POSITION, FURTHER ENABLING SAID SHIELDS TO BE UTILIZED INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER, AND COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; AT LEAST ONE OF THE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING IN ONE OF SAID DIRECTIONS HAVING A PROTUBERANCE, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING IN ANOTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF DIRECTIONS HAVING A RECESS; SAID PROTUBERANCE BEING REMOVABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RECESS DETACHABLY CONNECTING SAID SHIELDS.