Apparel – Head coverings – Combined with diverse article
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-19
2001-05-15
Vanatta, Amy B. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Head coverings
Combined with diverse article
C002S209300, C002S171000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06230332
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a head lift device and more particularly pertains to a new head manipulating device for assisting movement of a user's head following an injury.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a head lift device is known in the prior art. More specifically, a head lift device heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,832,333; 4,739,526; 5,046,195; 5,628,070; 5,675,840; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 270,014.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new head manipulating device. The inventive device includes a first band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a back and sides of a user's head; and also includes a second band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a front and the sides of the user's head and being removably and adjustably fastened to the first band member; and further includes a visor member being securely attached to the second band member; and also includes a head lift member being removably and pivotally connected to the first band member and being extended about the front of the user's head; and further includes fastening members for fastening the first and second band members together.
In these respects, the head manipulating device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of assisting movement of a user's head following an injury.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of head lift device now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new head manipulating device construction wherein the same can be utilized for assisting movement of a user's head following an injury.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new head manipulating device which has many of the advantages of the head lift device mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new head manipulating device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head lift device, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a back and sides of a user's head; and also includes a second band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a front and the sides of the user's head and being removably and adjustably fastened to the first band member; and further includes a visor member being securely attached to the second band member; and also includes a head lift member being removably and pivotally connected to the first band member and being extended about the front of the user's head; and further includes fastening members for fastening the first and second band members together.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new head manipulating device which has many of the advantages of the head lift device mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new head manipulating device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head lift device, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new head manipulating device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new head manipulating device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such head manipulating device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device for assisting movement of a user's head following an injury.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device which includes a first band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a back and sides of a user's head; and also includes a second band member having ends and being adapted to extend about a front and the sides of the user's head and being removably and adjustably fastened to the first band member; and further includes a visor member being securely attached to the second band member; and also includes a head lift member being removably and pivotally connected to the first band member and being extended about the front of the user's head; and further includes fastening members for fastening the first and second band members together.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device that supports the user's head while lifting or lowering the user's head.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new head manipulating device that substantially reduces further injury to the person's head or neck while manipulating the user's head.
REFERENCES:
patent: D. 270014 (1983-08-01), Lutzker
patent: 3437339 (1969-04-01), Starck
patent: 417
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