Protective device such as welder shield

Claim 1

A PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR PROTECTING THE FACE AND HEAD OF WORKMEN SUCH AS, WELDERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING; A FACE SHIELDING PORTION ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN FRONT OF THE WORKMAN''S FACE AND INCLUDING AT LEAST A PORTION IN THE REGION OF THE WORKMAN''S EYES THROUGH WHICH ARC OR THE LIKE CAN BE OBSERVED, A BAND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE DEVICE ON THE WORKMAN''S HEAD AND MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION ON SAID BAND FOR TILTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN LOWERED FACE PROTECTING POSITION AND TILTED UP FACE EXPOSING POSITION, AND ANGULAR CLIP MEANS MOUNTED ON AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION AT THE TOP EDGE OF SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION FROM A POINT TO ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER OF SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION, SAID CLIP MEANS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION SUCH A DISTANCE AS TO BE READILY ENGAGEABLE BY THE HAND OF A WORKMAN WEARING THE DEVICE UPON A SWEEPING MOTION OF THE WORKMAN''S HAND ALONG A PATH ADJACENT THE DEVICE IN THE LATERAL REGION OF SAID CLIP MEANS WHEREBY THE FACE SHIELDING PORTION CAN BE MOVED BY THE WORKMAN FROM LOWERED TO TILTED UP POSITION AND VICE VERSA WITHOUT SOILING OF SAID FACE SHIELDING PORTION.