Anti-Fog, Anti-Glare Facemasks
AssigneeAvent, Inc.
InventorsAli YAHIAOUI, Anthony Stephen SPENCER
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Abstract
A coating composition that is incorporated into a facemask to reduce fogging and glare is provided. For example, in one embodiment, the facemask contains a shield or visor formed from a transparent substrate having at least one surface applied with the coating composition of the present disclosure. The coating composition contains a large amount of nanoparticles, desirably greater than 10 wt %.
Claims14
A facemask comprising a substrate, wherein a dried residue of an aqueously applied coating is present on at least one surface of said substrate, the coating having a thickness of from about 50 to about 250 nanometers and consisting essentially of organic polymers, nanoparticles and a surfactant, wherein the nanoparticles are present in an amount greater than 10 wt %, and the substrate forms a visor or shield of the facemask.
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