Skirted helmet

Claim 2

Headgear for use in cold weather, comprising: a helmet having a substantially circular opening for permitting the ingress or egress of a wearer''s head therethrough, said helmet being so constructed and arranged that the opening is disposed so as to encircle the upper neck portion of a wearer of the helmet; a substantially rectangular piece of relatively coarse knit material; fastening means for releasably securing a long edge of said material to said helmet in a generally circular arrangement adjacent said opening; said fastening means including first and second strips of flexible material respectively fixed to said helmet and to said long edge of said material and said first and second strips of flexible material respectively including inTerengaged means defining a substantially continuous releasable connection between said helmet and coarse knit material; and said coarse knit material having a width sufficient for permitting the same to extend between the helmet and the upper back and the shoulders of a wearer of the helmet.

Claim 3

The headgear defined in claim 1 wherein one of the first and second strips of flexible material includes a multiplicity of flexible resilient plastic loop hook members and the other of the first and second strips of flexible material includes a pile of curly fabric material, the hook members being such that they become releasably engaged with the fabric material when pressed thereon.

Claim 4

Headgear for use in cold weather, comprising: a helmet having a substantially circular opening for permitting the ingress or egress of a wearer''s head therethrough, said helmet being so constructed and arranged that the opening is disposed so as to encircle the upper neck portion of a wearer of the helmet; said helmet including lining means disposed adjacent said entrance and including a pile of curly fabric material extending about the periphery of the inside of the helmet; a skirt of material having a knit sufficiently coarse to permit fresh air to flow therethrough in sufficient quantities for normal breathing; said skirt having opposite first and second open ends; a strip of flexible material fixed to and encircling the outer periphery of said skirt adjacent said first open end thereof; said flexible material including a multiplicity of small projecting loops of stiff filamentary material releasably interengaged with said pile of curly fabric material so as to form a substantially continuous circular connection between said helmet and said skirt; and said skirt being dimensioned such that the second open end thereof rests upon the upper back portion of a wearer of the helmet.

Claim 5

Headgear for use in cold weather, comprising: a helmet having a substantially circular opening for permitting the ingress or egress of a wearer''s head therethrough, said helmet being so constructed and arranged that the opening is disposed so as to encircle the upper neck portion of a wearer of the helmet; said helmet including lining means disposed adjacent said entrance and including a pile of curly fabric material extending about the periphery of the inside of the helmet; a skirt of material having a knit sufficiently coarse to permit fresh air to flow therethrough in sufficient quantities for normal breathing; said skirt having opposite first and second open ends; a strip of flexible material fixed to and encircling the outer periphery of said skirt adjacent said first open end thereof; said flexible material including a multiplicity of small projecting loops of stiff filamentary material releasably interengaged with said pile of curly fabric material so as to form a substantially continuous circular connection between said helmet and said skirt; and said skirt being dimensioned such that the second open end thereof rests upon the upper back portion of a wearer of the helmet.