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US 4,379,349 AGranted
Sun-out face shield
OwnerBetty D. Larsoninventor
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This invention presents a face shield for beach or sunbathing use. The face shield is formed of a rigid transparent material, containing pigmenting or surface films to block the transmission of damaging ultraviolet rays from the sun. In cross-section, this material is formed into an arc. From each end of the arc, simple support legs are provided such that the face shield will rest on the earth surface with room for motion of the user's head beneath the shield. Air circulation is enhanced by such support and by ventilation holes in the face shield near the support legs. The support legs are foldable toward the concave center of the face shield, and are useful as carrying handles for the face shield in an inverted position. When carried in such manner, the face shield can be used to serve as a "tote" for towels and other beach paraphernalia.
A face shield to cover a sunbather's head and face comprising a sheet member of transparent, ultraviolet blocking material formed into a cylindrical or hyperbolic arch resting upon a pair of generally "U"-shaped leg members which are respectively rotatably attached to each one of the lower end regions of said arched sheet member, said leg members, when used to support said arched sheet member, being blocked by contact with said arched sheet member from rotations respectively outward from the concave region beneath said arched sheet member, and said leg members, when equally rotated toward the plane bisecting the concave region in a direction parallel to the axis of revolution of the arched sheet member, come into close proximity with each other to serve as carrying handles for the face shield when inverted to form a tote.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.