LONG SLEEVE TOP WITH FACE MASK

Abstract

An article of protective clothing including a garment for covering at least an upper portion of the body of a wearer; the garment including: a mask element coupled to the garment wherein the mask element can adopt a stowed position and a deployed position in which the mask element extends forward to cover the nose and/or mouth of the wearer.

Claims

I. An article of protective clothing including a garment for covering at least an upper portion of the body of a wearer; the garment including: a mask element coupled to the garment wherein the mask element can adopt a stowed position and a deployed position in which the mask element extends forward to cover the nose and/or mouth of the wearer. A method of portably inhibiting ingestion of dust and/or airborne pollution, the method including the steps of: providing an article of protective clothing according to claim 1 wherein the mask element is in a stowed position; and, deploying the mask element to cover the mouth and nose of the wearer.

Description

DRAWINGS DESCRIPTION

[0033] FIG. 1 is a front view of a protective shirt incorporating a mask for filtering airborne particles in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

[0034] FIG. 2 is a side view of elevation views;

[0035] FIG. 3 is a back view of a protective shirt;

[0036] FIG. 4 is a side view of the same embodiment;

[0037] FIG. 5 is a close view of mask;