Abstract:
A hearing protection device is provided. The hearing protection device includes a first earmuff connected to a second earmuff by a connector. Each of the first and second earmuffs are configured to receive an ambient sound and provide a dampened ambient sound to a wearer. The hearing protection device also includes an antenna, located within a housing of the first earmuff. The antenna comprises an external portion and an internal portion. The external portion is substantially outside the housing. The internal portion is located substantially within the housing. The internal portion connects to the external portion at a feed point. The hearing protection device also comprises a printed circuit board located within the housing. The printed circuit board comprises a ground plane. The antenna is configured to receive a radio signal in the 87.5-280 MHz range.
Abstract:
One or more embodiments of a respirator that includes a polymeric netting is disclosed. The respirator can include a mask body including a perimeter, a harness attached to the mask body, and a face seal disposed adjacent at least a portion of the perimeter of the mask body. In one or more embodiments, the face seal includes a polymeric netting including polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands, where each of the polymeric ribbons and strands having a length, width, and height, where the length is the longest dimension, the width is the shortest dimension, and the height is the dimension transverse to the length and the width. The polymeric ribbons have a height-to-width aspect ratio of at least 5 to 1, a major surface that is intermittently bonded to only one polymeric strand, and a height that is at least two times greater than a height of the one polymeric strand.