Temperature-sensing facemask with display

Abstract

A temperature-sensing face covering, such as a facemask or a face shield, with a temperature sensor and display unit therein to provide for hands free temperature readings that go wherever the individual goes and continue to measure the individual's temperature throughout the day. The temperature-sensing face covering is simple and does not require the sites of work or other places to have any additional equipment, and provides continual readings that could very easily change throughout the day and be missed because at the beginning of the day the individual did not have a fever.

Claims

1. A temperature-sensing facemask with a display comprising: a. a nose-covering and mouth-covering mask portion having an inside side and an outside side; b. the display operably connected to the outside side of the mask portion so as to be visible when a user is wearing the facemask; c. a left earloop and a right earloop, wherein the left earloop is operably connected to a left side of the mask portion and the right earloop is operably connected to a right side of the mask portion to hold the mask portion over the user's nose and mouth when the left earloop is looped over the user's left ear and the right earloop is looped over the user's right ear; d. a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor, wherein the first temperature sensor is operably connected to or embedded within the left earloop, and the second temperature sensor is operably connected to or embedded within the right earloop to continually detect the user's body temperature, wherein the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are operably connected to the display in order to provide a body temperature indication for the user, wherein the display is a programmable digital display that indicates the user's body temperature in numerical form, and wherein the display shows a first color when the user's body temperature is 100.4° F. or lower, and a second color when the user's body temperature is higher than 100.4° F.; and wherein the left earloop and the right earloop further comprise: e. a left earloop lip or a right earloop lip or a left earloop lip and a right earloop lip, wherein the first and second temperature sensors are operably positioned on the left earloop lip, the right earloop lip, or both left earloop and the right earloop lips so there is a gap between the first and second temperature sensors and the user's skin, and wherein the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are infrared temperature sensors.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The figures that accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, a temperature-sensing face covering, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a temperature-sensing facemask according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a perspective view illustrating a temperature-sensing facemask according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(4) The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(5) As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a temperature-sensing face covering and more particularly to a facemask with a temperature sensor.

(6) Generally speaking, the temperature-sensing facemask with display, as presently claimed, is a novel facemask that both detects the wearer's temperature, and provides a display to alert the wearer and those around him or her if the wearer's temperature rises.

(7) Referring now to the drawings FIGS. 1-2, the temperature-sensing facemask includes a mask portion 1 and two earloops 2a, 2b, one on each side of the mask portion 1, to secure the mask portion 1 to the wearer's face 3 via the wearer's ears 4a, 4b. At least one of the earloops 2a, 2b has at least one temperature sensor 5 embedded therein or attached thereon. Preferably both the left earloop 2a and the right earloop 2b each have at least on temperature sensor 5a, 5b embedded therein respectively, so that at least one temperature sensor 5a, 5b will receive a consistent reading even if one earloop 2a, 2b is not flush against the wearer's ears 4a, 4b. The mask portion 1 and earloops 2a, 2b may come in a variety of sizes, colors, and patterns.

(8) The mask portion 1 has an emblem, marker, or other display 6 that either displays the current temperature reading. Alternately, the emblem, marker, or other display 6 may display a color if the wearer's temperature is below 100.4° F. and change colors to display a different color if the wearer's temperature is over 100.4° F. The emblem, marker, or other display 6 may also both display the current temperature reading from the temperature sensor 5 and a color indication of whether or not the current temperature reading is below or above 100.4° F. The emblem, marker, or other display 6 may be located on either side of the mask portion 1, and may come in a variety of sizes and colors.

(9) The temperature sensor(s) 5 may likewise be an infrared temperature sensor. A small lip 7a, 7b on the earloop 2a, 2b may separate the infrared temperature sensor 5 from the wearer's skin 3, or the infrared temperature sensor 5 may directly abut the wearer's skin 3, so long as the temperature sensor 5 is able to continually monitor the wearer's body temperature.

(10) The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.