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US5303423:
Face shield/mask combination
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Gazzara, Peter J.; Reading, MA
Burke, Jr., John W.; Melrose, MA
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| Assignee: |
Splash Shield, Limited Partnership, Woburn, MA
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| Published / Filed: |
1994-04-19
/ 1991-06-07
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| Application Number: |
US1991000712065
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 13/11;
A61F 9/02;
IPC-7:
A42B 1/06;
A61F 9/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D13/11D; A61F9/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/009;
002/181.8;
002/424;
128/857;
Original:
002/009;
002/181.8;
002/424;
128/857;
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| Field of Search: |
002/009,15,410,424,431,433,181.8,DIG. 11
128/857,858,863
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| Abstract: |
Face shield for protecting a wearer's face from spatters. The shield includes a flexible, transparent portion sized to cover the face and a flexible spacer portion for contact with the wearer's forehead to provide adequate clearance of the transparent flexible portion away from the wearer's face. When worn, the flexible spacer portion substantially completely seals the top portion of the shield to prevent spatters from reaching the face from the top, that is, through the portion occupied by the spacer. The face shield may also include a mask structure to cover the nose and mouth of the wearer.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Choate, Hall & Stewart ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.; Fulton, C. W.
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| Parent Case: |
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser No. 07/464,297 filed Jan. 12, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,113,528 issued May 19, 1992.
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What is claimed is:
1. Face shield comprising:
- a flexible, fluid impervious, transparent member sized to cover a human face;
- a flexible barrier and spacer member affixed to a top portion of the transparent member, the barrier and spacer member substantially spanning the full extent of the transparent member and including
- a foam plastic material,
- a forehead engaging surface,
- a plurality of scallops extending into the barrier and spacer member from the forehead engaging surface;
- a mask structure affixed to the transparent member so that the nose and mouth of the human face is covered by the mask structure when secured to the human face; and
- apparatus for securing the transparent member/barrier and spacer member combination to the human face so that the forehead engaging surface of the barrier and spacer member contacts the forehead of the face,
- whereby when the transparent member/barrier and spacer combination is secured to the face, the scallops close so that the barrier and spacer member creates an air pervious and a substantially liquid impervious barrier between the forehead and the transparent member.
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