Abstract: A gas mask has a facepiece defining an interior chamber and an opening spanning a front portion of facepiece. An optical panel visor is mounted in the opening in the front portion of the facepiece. A hinge joins opposite sides of the visor along a vertical line for relative rotational movement of the opposite sides of the optical panel and the facepiece with respect to each other.

Abstract: A stand-alone security system controlling access to secured information and self-service functionality for a sponsor organization, usable for Web-based and IVR-based self-service functions, having five primary facets: (1) control of access to secured information and self-service functionality for a sponsor organization, (2) enabling access to users having indirect relationships to the sponsor organization and to users having a direct relationship with the sponsor organization, (3) distribution of security administration from a central information technology resource to various users of the security system, (4) support for integration into different kinds of environments, and (5) support for system integrators.