Welder's mask with remote controlled eye shield

Claim 1

A welder's mask having a remote controlled eye shield comprising: a mask housing having a viewing opening and means for mounting the mask housing upon the head of a user; a welder's eye shield having an upper edge portion hingedably secured to the mask housing and being hingeably movable between a closed position covering the viewing opening and an open position uncovering the viewing opening in the mask housing; motor means having a drive shaft and being mounted on the mask housing and being operably connectable to a first battery power source mounted on the mask housing, the motor means having connecting linkage means attached between the eye shield and the motor means, the drive shaft of the motor means being operable in first and second directions to move the connecting linkage means to correspondingly move the eye shield to any resting position between and including the open and the closed positions; the connecting means comprising a first arm rigidly secured at a first end to the drive shaft of the motor means, a second arm rigidly secured at a first end to and extending from the eye shield, and a linkage arm hingeably secured between the second ends of the first and second arms; remote control radio signal transmitter means operably connectable to a second battery power source and having control switch means for transmitting a radio signal corresponding to moving the eye shield between the opened position and the closed position; and radio signal receiving means operably connectable to the first battery power means and the motor means for receiving and transferring the radio signal to the motor means.