Chemical splash shield
AssigneeAmerican Optical Corporation
InventorPatrick F. Slosek
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Abstract
A faceshield constructed and arranged to protect against chemical splash and other ambient foreign matter. A main support pivotally attachable to a safety cap carries a depending transparent facepiece detachably connected to the main support beneath an overhang. The connection is made with buttons suspended from the overhang and the overhang, in turn, shields the facepiece connection from direct exposure to splash. Provision for snap-fitting the main support to the safety cap brim avoids accidental displacement of the shield during use while permitting its release and selective pivoting to an out-of-the-way position.
Claims4
A safety shield comprising:
- a main body member having an overall generally semi-circular configuration with a depending facepiece mounting flange and peripheral overhang;
- a transparent facepiece detachably connected to said flange beneath said overhang;
- said flange and facepiece having a succession of matched openings and at each sequent a button extending therethrough for providing said detachable connection;
- a flexible sprig extending from each of said buttons to said main body member, said main body member, sprigs and buttons being a one-piece molded plastic unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.