Cough shield
AssigneeExclusive Computer Innovations, LLC
InventorsAmy M. Johnston, David A. Johnston
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Abstract
A cough shield includes a cough shield body expandable from a folded state to an open state and collapsible to return from the open to the folded state. The cough shield body is retained in an unbiased condition in the folded state until acted on by a user to open the cough shield body. An engagement member adhesively fixed to the body is accessible to the user in the folded state. The engagement member defines a cavity between the engagement member outer wall and an outer surface portion of the body. The engagement member slidably receives a user's finger to assist in opening or closing the cough shield body and to temporarily retain the cough shield in the open state in contact with the face of the user to at least partially cover the user's nose and mouth.
Claims20
A cough shield, comprising:
- a cough shield body expanded from a folded state to an open state and collapsible to return from the open state to the folded state;
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- an engagement member fixed to the cough shield body and accessible to a user in the folded state, the engagement member defining a cavity between an outer wall of the engagement member and an outer surface portion of the cough shield body, the engagement member configured to slidably receive one of the fingers of a user of the cough shield to assist in opening or closing the cough shield body.
A cough shield, comprising:
- a cough shield body expandable from a folded state to an open state and collapsible to return from the open state to the folded state, the cough shield body retained in an unbiased condition in the folded state until acted on by a user to open the cough shield body;
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- an engagement member adhesively fixed to the cough shield body and accessible to the user in the folded state, the engagement member defining a cavity between an outer wall of the engagement member and an outer surface portion of the cough shield body, the engagement member slidably receiving one of the fingers of a user of the cough shield to assist in opening or closing the cough shield body and to temporarily retain the cough shield in the open state in contact with the face of the user to at least partially cover the nose and mouth of the user.
A method for manufacturing a cough shield, the cough shield including an engagement member and a cough shield body having an outer surface portion, the method comprising:
- folding an initially flat material of a cough shield body at multiple fold lines to create a folded condition of the cough shield body;
- connecting the engagement member to the cough shield body;
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- creating a cavity between an outer wall of the engagement member and the outer surface portion of the cough shield body during the connecting step sized to permit a finger of a user to be inserted into the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.