Ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen

Abstract

An ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen which provides a new and improved protective device for use in separating the facial portion of the head from the portion of the head bearing hair whereas to create a physical division between the two and thus allow work to be done on either side without reciprocal contamination or interference. A preferred embodiment comprises the use of a protective visor with a skin contacting seal and a means to affix the visor to the user's head and face.

1 . An ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen adapted to be placed over a user's forehead and along the contour of the user's hairline, intended to at least partially divide a user's head into two separately isolated and sealed workable areas as well as protect applied makeup to the face, said screen bearing physical characteristics which allow it to singularly hinder a liquid, solid, a spray or a manually induced cross-contamination between said two workable areas regardless of the user's environment or head positioning in a sole economical and disposable design; 
   
   
       2 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 1  in which the unique physical structure of the face screen and the method in which the screen is intended to mount onto the wearer's face is such that it is forced from a normally flat configuration into a generally arcuate, hypar-shaped one, by which processes, acquiring an augmented degree of structural sturdiness, self supporting stability and an increased fitting and sealing ability onto the face, regardless of the shape or size of the user's face; 
   
   
       3 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 1  comprising: a resilient and looped, crescent-shaped visor body cutout of generally uniform cross sectional thickness and density, defined by a front wall barrier which extends, in a rearward and bilaterally symmetrical fashion, into a pair of flanking wall barriers of gradually and progressively lessening width, the visor body further defined by a rounded and generally oval shaped outer edge and an anatomically contouring inner edge both of which gradually converging towards the rear end of said visor body and ultimately defining and terminating into a pair of facing and independently separated free ends separated by a gap allowing said visor body to be safely expanded, positioned and eventually wrapped around the user's face by means of tension provided by an elastically deformable liner which lines said contouring inner edge perimeter; a deformable metal wire core permanently sandwiched between said elastically deformable liner and contouring inner edge lining at least a portion of the same in a generally offset parallel fashion, for the purpose of adjustably deforming the same to follow the hairline contour of the user; a pair of tension straps of generally comparable material composition and cross sectional thickness as said visor body, each permanently appended to either side of said visor body in a generally mirrored fashion and ending in free end tips; 
   
   
       4 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 3  in which said tension straps form a wall before the wearer's ears for the purpose of hiding them from view, and further secure said visor body to the wearer's face, when said free end tips are pressed against matching adhesive-endowed sections of said flanking wall barriers as the visor body is looped around the ear lobes and brought forth; 
   
   
       5 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 3  in which said deformable metal wire is made from a single strand of ductile metal bearing a generally uniform and circular cross sectional profile sufficiently large whereas to impart and maintain a manually adjusted profile of choice onto said visor body when bent; 
   
   
       6 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 3  in which said visor body component is composed of an elastic material with sufficient cross sectional thickness and water deflecting, chemically resisting, UV stable and thermally isolating properties cut into a pattern with adequately allocated barrier width whereas to provide a resilient sheltering surface area large enough to protect either portions of the head from each other whether from a liquid, solid, spray or manually induced cross contamination, as well as maintain the necessary flexibility whereas to remain manually adjustable to the hairline with ease and comfort; 
   
   
       7 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen embodiment defined in  claim 1  which is so conceived to be storable in a flattened or folded configuration without breaking or unwantedly deforming or creasing in a permanent manner, promoting compactness of portability and storage; 
   
   
       8 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 3  in which said elastically deformable liner embodies a highly elastic and resilient body of generally constant and hollow cross sectional profile and thickness permanently affixed to contouring inner edge, sandwiching the same in a generally u-shaped configuration, uninterruptedly contouring the same in a generally parallel and closed-loop fashion while providing an all around gasket with water sealing qualities around the face perimeter; 
   
   
       9 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 3  in which the innermost end of said elastically deformable liner remains unglued at a generally constant and parallel distance from the inner most end of contouring inner edge whereas to form a free-floating bulbous fold end for the purpose of creating a self adapting elastic seal imparting a superior level of comfort and sealing ability against the surface irregularities of the wearer's facial contours; 
   
   
       10 . The ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 9  in which said free-floating bulbous fold provides a relatively thin and rounded inner edge profile curvature able to create a minimally invasive contact surface area with the face covering the least possible amount of skin and makeup and surrounding the hairline while, at the same time, maintaining equal sealing abilities with the underlying skin whichever angular position said visor body and its constituting portions is found to mount with regard to the user's face; 
   
   
       11 . An alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 1  having open-ended elastic bands of generally flat cross sectional profile, permanently affixed, in a semi looped arrangement, to either side of the visor body, along each flanking wall barrier and to one common ply of the same, thus forming elastic attachment straps with sufficient span and proper ergonomic alignment whereas to coincide with and loop behind the ears of the wearer, consequently enabling the face screen to be firmly positioned and supported onto the face without hair binding straps or additional support structures which may limit the user's activities; 
   
   
       12 . The elastic bands defined in  claim 11  constituted by an elastomerically enriched cloth-based, or latex-free rubber banding material providing low skin friction and being permanently affixed at both open ends to said visor body by means of using mechanical fasteners, adhesive glues, by tying the former to the latter with a knot or a combination thereof. 
   
   
       13 . The alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 11  in which the face screen mounts onto the wearer's face with said flanking wall barrier portions of the visor body laying in an extended arrangement before the wearer's ears thus protecting make-up applied to the face and allowing said elastic bands to wrap behind the ears; 
   
   
       14 . An alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 1 , in which the lower portion of the visor body is prematurely truncated thus forming an open-ended, crescent-shaped visor body profile with shortened and independently disjointed flanking wall barrier free ends, lined by an equally corresponding, prematurely truncated version of elastically deformable liner with disjointed free ends; 
   
   
       15 . The alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen defined in  claim 14  possessing convex contours, protruding inwardly from either inner edge portion proximal to the tip of said shortened and independently disjointed flanking wall barrier free ends, ergonomically enhancing the inner edge contour of the same whereas to provide an optimal sealing fit able to coincide and fill-in the surface disparity which naturally occurs between the sudden transition of the jaw line and narrowing sections of the neck just below the jaw line when said face screen variation is worn; 
   
   
       16 . The alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 14 , wherein said independently disjointed flanking wall barrier free ends remain linked by a single open-ended elastic band which pearces through perforated lower regions of the same, subsequently affixing, in a permanent fashion, to upper regions of the same whereby and ultimately forming a pair of semi-looped elastic band structures used for supporting the face screen to the wearer's face when looped behind the ears without hair binding straps or additional support structures which may limit the user's activities; 
   
   
       17 . The alternatively conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 16  wherein said single open-ended elastic band comprises an elastomerically enriched cloth-based, or latex-free rubber banding material providing low skin friction and embodies a generally flattened profile of uniform cross sectional thickness and shape, the bottom linking portion of which providing additional face screen support when looped under the chin; 
   
   
       18 . An alternately conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screens as defined in  claims 3 ,  11  and  14  in which the elastically deformable liner component is eliminated and is otherwise substituted by a radially offset embossing or folding of the visor body material circumscribing the contouring inner edge whereby imparting onto the same a weakened surface rigidity with spring-like resilience for the purpose of improving its contouring ability; 
   
   
       19 . The alternately conceived embodiment variation of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 18  in which said radially offset embossing may comprise: a rounded s-shaped, a zig-zag shaped, a squared s-shaped, a semi-circular cup-shaped or a folded over shaped configuration; 
   
   
       20 . An alternatively conceived use of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 14  in which said visor body may be flipped upward and used as a means to collect hair away from the user's face for the purpose of providing a facilitated and more sanitary means to work on the face portion of the head without hair interruption; 
   
   
       21 . An alternatively conceived use of the ergonomically shaped water blocking face screen as defined in  claim 3  in which said visor body may be treated with a light reflective coating whereas to enable it to serve as a means for collecting, redirecting and evenly dispersing tanning rays onto the face in a concentrated and even fashion while repairing light sensitive hair root tips from U.V rays;