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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Roger Bradshaw Quincy, Iii, Cumming, GA (US);
John Gavin Macdonald, Decatur, GA (US);
Eric Clayton Steindorf, Roswell, GA (US);
Joel Brostin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Roger Bradshaw Quincy, III, Cumming, GA (US);
John Gavin MacDonald, Decatur, GA (US);
Eric Clayton Steindorf, Roswell, GA (US);
Joel Brostin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A coating composition that is incorporated into a facemask to reduce fogging and glare is provided. For example, in one embodiment, the facemask contains a shield or visor formed from a transparent substrate having at least one surface applied with the coating composition of the present invention. The present inventors have unexpectedly discovered that one or more water-soluble organic polymers, such as ethyl hydroxyethylcellulose, may be utilized as a principal component of the coating composition to reduce fogging and glare in a simple, yet effective manner.