Rapidly deployable, cough and sneeze, aerosol containment apparatus

An apparatus for containing a cough and sneeze aerosol, the apparatus comprising:

• a face mask characterized by a rigid first section configured to hold a filter and a pliable second section configured to fit on a person's face;
• an air tight face mask seal formed on an outer edge of the pliable second section of the face mask having a
• curved surface on the face mask seal configured to fold inward to seal on the person's face when pressed on the person's face, forming a positive pressure seal that contains the positive pressure inside of the face mask, so that the cough and sneeze aerosol does not leak out the outer edge of the face mask and the aerosol is forced though a low pressure drop aerosol filter inside of a removable filter holder removably attached inside of the rigid first section of the face mask, wherein the lower pressure drop aerosol filter is a MERV filter of 5-8, wherein the face mask is designed to have a firm hand held pressure applied to press the face mask against the person's face during the cough and sneeze to seal strong enough to contain the positive pressure inside of the face mask generated by the cough and sneeze for a duration of the cough and sneeze, wherein a stiffness property of the pliable second section of the face mask is stiff enough to support the firm hand held pressure applied to the face mask and soft enough to be pliable so as to mold around variations of the face and maintain the air tight face mask seal, wherein the removable filter holder is removable and reinsertable from a back side of the face mask inside of the face mask, wherein positive pressure inside of the face mask push the removable filter holder and a body of the face mask seal tighter together;
• a first face mask holder arm ramp and a second face mask holder arm ramp formed on the rigid first section of the face mask,
• a first toggle surface formed on a first end of first face mask holder arm ramp and second toggle surface formed on a first end of a second face mask holder arm ramp;
• a face mask holder configured to hold the face mask;
• the first and second face mask holder arm rotationally attached to the face mask holder and configured to hold the face mask on the face mask holder;
• a first face mask holder arm having a first end hinged to the face mask holder and a second face mask holder arm having a first end hinged to the face mask holder;
• and
• a toggle mechanism on the face mask holder configured to rotate the first and second face mask holder arms inward
• to engage the first and second mask holder arm ramps on the face mask when the face mask is inserted into the face mask holder and rotate a second end of the first face mask holder arm and a second end of the second face mask holder arm outward and disengage the first and second face mask holder arm ramp toggle surfaces on the face mask when the face mask is removed from the face mask holder.