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 Title: |
US4825878:
Light-weight disposable protective face shield
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kuntz, David H.; Los Angeles, CA 90049
Muller, Louis F.; El Segundo, CA 90245
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1989-05-02
/ 1987-12-28
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| Application Number: |
US1987000138070
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 13/11;
A61F 9/02;
IPC-7:
A61F 9/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D13/11; A41D13/11D; A61F9/02; A61F9/02Z;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/857;
002/009;
002/909;
128/207.11;
128/858;
Original:
128/857;
128/858;
128/207.11;
002/009;
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| Field of Search: |
128/132 R,201.22,201.23,201.24,206.12,206.19,206.21,206.23,206.24,207.11,207.17
002/009,12,173,206
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| Priority Number: |
| 1987-12-28 |
US1987000138070 |
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| Abstract: |
A light-weight, disposable face shield assembly for the protection of the eyes and face of wearers from accidental exposure to infectious, hazardous or undesirable substances. The shield includes a semi-flexible shield frame surrounding a semi-flexible, transparent face protection panel and a semi-flexible head support strip having an operative length less than the length of the upper horizontal frame portion and positioned adjacent the rear side thereof. The support strip is affixed at its ends to the shield assembly proximate the ends of the upper frame portion. Flexible face shield ties are affixed to the shield assembly proximate each end of the upper frame portion for tie joinder at the rear of the head of the wearer of the shield assembly, such shield ties upon oppositely pulling and tie joinder together behind the head of the shield wearer resulting in the forming up of the shield frame member with the face protection panel in arcuate spaced orientation from the head support strip about the face of the wearer in rigidly supported fashion by the head support strip.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Junkins, Philip D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Rooney, Kevin G.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A light-weight, disposable face shield assembly for the protection of the eyes and face of a wearer from accidental exposure to infectious, hazardous or undesirable substances, said face shield assembly in its substantially flat pre-use form including:
- (a) an elongated, semi-flexible shield frame member to which there is affixed an elongated, semi-flexible, transparent face protection panel;
- (b) an elongated, semi-flexible head support strip for said shield frame member in alignment therewith and having an operative length that is less than the length of said frame member;
- (c) means for attaching the ends of said shield frame member to the ends of said head support strip;
- (d) means for forming up said shield frame member and said affixed face protection panel in supported, arcuate spaced face protection orientation from said head support strip as a three-dimensional face shield assembly and maintained in position about theforehead of a wearer protects the eyes and face of the wearer.
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