Protective gear

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A WATERTIGHT, HOODED PROTECTIVE GARMENT, FACE MASK MEANS, A SNORKEL DEVICE AND AMBIFUNCTIONAL VALVE MEANS, SAID FACE MAXK MEANS PROVIDING A WEARER WITH ACCESS TO ATMOSPHERIC AIR AND COMPRISING AN OUTER MASK INTEGRAL WITH THE HOOD OF SAID GARMENT AND AN INNER MASK AFFIXED THERETO, SAID INNER MASK BEING OF THE ANESTHETIC TYPE AND HAVING A PORT THEREIN, AND SAID OUTER MASK HAVING AN AIR-INTAKE VALVE WHICH IS DIRECTLY COUPLED WITH SAID INNER-MASK PORT, SAID SNORKEL DEVICE COMPRISING SEALING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE MOVED INTO CONTACT WITH SAID OUTER-MASK AIR-INTAKE VALVE TO EFFECT A WATER-TIGHT CLOSURE THEREOF, A PIVOTABLE ARM AT ONE END OF WHICH SAID SEALING MEANS IS MOUNTED, MEANS MOUNTED UPON SAID OUTER FACE MASK FOR SUPPORTING SAID PIVOTABLE ARM, AND A FLOAT MOUNTED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID PIVOTABLE ARM, THE BOUYANCY OF SAID FLOAT WHEN SAID MASK MEANS IS IMMERSED IN WATER ACTING TO PIVOT SAID SEALING MEANS AGAINST SAID AIR-INTAKE VALVE THEREBY SEALING IT AGAINST ENTRY OF WATER WHEN THE OUTSIDE WATER REACHES A PRESELECTED LEVEL RELATIVE TO SAID AIR-INTAKE VALVE AND UNSEALING IT WHEN THE WATER DROPS BELOW SAID PRESELECTED LEVEL, AND SAID AMBIFUNCTIONAL VALVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INNER MASK TO PERMIT EXHALATION OF AIR THERETHROUGH WHENEVER SAID OUTERMASK INTAKE VALVE IS SEALED BY SAID SNORKEL DEVICE.