US Patent 12011340 Hearing protection assembly

A hearing protection assembly for wearing a face mask with ear muffs includes a pair of ear muffs that can be worn over a user's ears thereby facilitating the ear muffs to protect the user from being exposed to excessive sound levels. Each of the ear muffs has a groove integrated therein to accommodate a respective one of a pair of ear loops of a face mask when the ear muffs and the face mask are both worn. A plurality of straps is each coupled to a respective one of the ear muffs. Each of the straps is extendable across the groove in the respective ear muff to retain the respective ear loop of the face mask in the groove in the respective ear muff.