The inventive Invisible Face Mask apparatus comprises a headgear or headwear such as a cap, helmet, strap or a visor, which is equipped with an air purifying mechanism, such as an air filter, that filters ambient air, and an air blower which generates an airflow pushing the purified air in a downward direction in front of and adjacent to the user's face.

A face shield is disclosed, which includes: a transparent face shield body having an eye area in correspondence with the eyes and a face area in correspondence with the face; an eye mask body extending from the eye area along a thickness direction of the eye mask body, wherein a hollowed-out area is provided in the middle of the eye mask body, and the eye mask body is of an elastic body structure allowable to be elastically deformed under pressure; and a headband arranged on the face shield body and configured to secure the face shield body to the head. When the face shield body is secured onto the head by the headband, the face area of the face shield body is in correspondence with the face, and the eye area of the face shield body is in correspondence with the eyes.

A face shield manufacturing method includes, among other things, positioning a bumper layer between a headband layer and a shield layer. The method further includes securing the bumper layer, the shield layer, and headband layer to provide a multilayered structure, and cutting a face shield assembly from the multilayered structure. A face shield assembly includes, among other things, a bumper configured to be placed against a front of a head of a user, a shield secured to the bumper, a headband configured to be placed against a rear of the head of the user, and fasteners. Each of the fasteners binds an end portion of the headband to at least the bumper. The headband is folded over each fastener when the bumper is placed against the front of the head of the user and the headband is placed against a back of the head of the user.

A face shield for covering the eyes, nose and mouth of a user is disclosed. The face shield includes a face shield body that has a transparent surface having a first side edge, a second side edge, and a top edge. The first and second side edges include a first and second anchor/barb, respectively, both of which define a line. A spacer is attached at or near the line, and the spacer extends away from the face shield body. An elastic strap with a first slot and a second slot receives the first and second anchor/barbs. When the user wears the face shield, the elastic strap is in a stretched configuration that pulls on the first and second anchor/barbs, and in this configuration the first slot is detachably affixed to the first anchor/barb, and the second slot is detachably affixed to the second anchor/barb.

Face shield assemblies for protecting a face of a user are described. The face shield assemblies may be configured for use with a light. In one embodiment, a face shield assembly comprises a face shield having a front shield. The face shield assembly may also comprise a shadow-reduction mount coupled to the face shield. The shadow-reduction mount may have an arm. The shadow-reduction mount may also have a light mount coupled to an end portion of the arm. The light mount may be configured to be coupled to the light. The shadow-reduction mount may be configured to position the light at or below an eye level of the user.

A protective covering includes an adjustable frame having a headband portion, a face-perimeter portion, and a visor. The covering includes a substantially translucent shield and an air handling unit disposed on the visor. The air handling unit includes a fan and an intake filter disposed in fluidic communication with the fan. A power source is operatively coupled to the fan, and the fan is configured to move ambient air from an external environment, through the intake filter, and into a substantially contained internal environment. A relief filter is at least partially disposed in the substantially translucent shield.

A face shield system and associated method are disclosed, the face shield system comprising a face shield sheet, at least one reinforcement tab affixed to the face shield sheet, a head mount and a cinch strap inserted through at least one mounting hole in the face shield sheet.

A wearable protective microbe shield is provided that has a transparent and bendable shield connected to the underside of a visor portion of a cap, helmet, or protective head gear. In one example, the cap is provided in the form of a baseball cap with a stiff curved front visor. In another example, the protective headgear is a hard hat. The visor has internal or external connectors that coupled to complementary connectors on the top of the transparent microbe shield. These connectors not only provide for removably coupling the microbe shield to the underside of the visor, they also act to add a level of stability and rigidness to the flexible microbe shield. In this way, the microbe shield has no support frame along its side or bottom surface, thereby facilitating exceptional and un-obstructed viewing by the user or wearer and providing exceptional protection against airborne microbes.

A face shield system utilizes a headgear with an outer shield and an optional inner side that is proximal to a person wearing the face shield. The headgear may be configured to receive a disinfecting cartridge that neutralize or destroy pathogens in an airflow flowing therethrough. The cartridge may include a neutralizing UV light emitter and a destroying UV light emitter as well as an ionizer. The plenum may include a plurality of baffles to produce a serpentine flow through the plenum. The baffles and the interior of the plenum may be textured and polished and may include catalytic coatings for improving the effectiveness of pathogen destruction and absorbing ions and UV light. An air inlet may allow air from the plenum to pass into the inner side of the shield after the air is disinfected and purified by the UV light emitters.

A safety helmet onto which a disposable face shield can be attached is provided. The safety helmet includes an outer shell and a bill extending from the outer shell. At least one integrally formed face shield attachment portion extends from a side of the safety helmet, for example a T-shaped tab. The disposable face shield has at least on slot cut into it which engages with the at least one face shield attachment portion to rotatably and removably attach the disposable face shield to the safety helmet. The bill forms a seal with the disposable face shield when the disposable face shield is in the lowered position.