Patent References 2335474 2970593 3433222 3438060 3892234 3910269 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/830199 filed on 09/02/1977US Classes:128/201.23And nose and mouth also coveredExaminersPrimary: Recla, Henry J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA62B 18/04 (20060101)A62B 18/00 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1976-12-28 FRAbstractA breathing equipment for high altitude flights comprises a breathing mask provided with a breathing gas regulator capable of supplying breathing gas under pressure and a helmet. The helmet is provided with means which, if the pressure of the breathing gas supplied to the mask is higher than the ambient pressure by an amount exceeding a predetermined threshold, subject those organs of the head which are particularly sensitive to the pressure differential to a gas over-pressure sufficient to avoid physiological troubles. | |