Protective face shield
OwnerChristopher B. Forbesinventor
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Abstract
A post operative protective face shield comprises essentially a transparent body of a flexible material. Along the upper and side edges of the body of the face shield is provided an adhesive strip whereby the shield can be adhesively attached to the perimeter of the face of a patient. The shield is attached to the forehead adjacent the hairline and extending downwardly following the contour along the sides of the face. The shield is primarily adapted for providing a waterproof shield to allow a patient having recently had facial cosmetic or reconstructive surgery to shower and shampoo their hair while keeping the bandages and incisions in a clean dry condition.
Claims17
A protective face shield for a wearer comprising:
- (a) a substantially flat transparent, flexible waterproof sheet material of a hexagonal geometric shape having an upper edge, and an upper and a lower side edge on each side, said upper edge and said upper and lower side edges on each side together forming a frustro trapezium shape with the bottom edge extending beyond the chin over the face of said wearer;
- (b) A water resistant adhesive sealing means extending adjacent said upper and upper side edges, said sealing means for forming a continuous water right seal against the perimeter of the face of said wearer to form a tent-like structure of greater rigidity than said flat sheet material when applied to the perimeter of the face of said wearer to trail shower water away from the face;
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- (c) means for protecting said adhesive sealing means prior to applying the face shielded to said perimeter of said face.
A nest comprising several nestable protective face shields for a wearer wherein each protective face shield comprises:
- (a) a substantially flat transparent flexible waterproof sheet material of a hexagonal geometric shape having an upper edge, and an upper and a lower side edge on each side said upper edge and said upper and lower side on each side together forming a frusto-trapezium shape with a bottom edge over the face of said wearer and
- (b) a water resistant adhesive sealing means extending adjacent said upper edge and said upper side edges, said sealing means for forming a continuous water tight seal against the perimeter of the face of said wearer to form a tent-like structure of greater rigidity than said flat sheet material when applied to the perimeter of the face of said wearer to trail shower water away from the face, and wherein each protective face shield abuts the adhesive sealing means of the adjacent protective face shield and protects said adhesive sealing means.
A waterproof protective post operative face shield comprising;
- (a) a transparent substantially flat planar thin film deformable and flexible body having an essentially hexagonal shape defining an upper edge, right and left upper edges, right and left lower edges and a bottom edge;
- (b) waterproof adhesive sealing means adjacent said upper edge and said right and left upper edges, said adhesive means being adapted for conforming and attaching said body to the forehead and sides of the face of a user thereby forming a waterproof protective face shield to form a tent-like structure of a greater rigidity than when said thin film is in said substantially flat configuration to trail shower water away from the face of said user;
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- (c) protecting means for protecting said adhesive sealing means prior to applying said protective face shield to said user said protecting means comprising a peelable protective release strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.