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NIH3D

Face Shield with top cap

Created by
dwboyd63
Created:
4/6/20
Submitted:
3/6/23
Published:
3/6/23

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3DPX-013563

Licensing:

CC-BY
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Version 2

Category

Hardware & Devices
Devices and Hardware

Collection(s)

Approved Use

Prototype
Prototype
Description

I designed this face shield to be both comfortable for longer term wear, flexible, cheap and fast to print, and use 8 1/2" x 11" clear plastic sheets that are available, such as clear binder covers. Simple 3 hole office punch for hole creation and secure tabs on headband to secure clear shield. It also uses anything form rubber bands to elastic to recycled face mask bands, easily attached with a side grip. Top cap protects user from above born particles. Top cap prints with the first layer, thin, to stay flexible. A second rib layer seals the interstecion to the infill, when done with concentric infill. 

Assembled face shield
Top view showing printed top cap on headband
as worn, with days of isolation beard...