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US 11,998,772 B2Granted
Receptacle device
OwnerVasanth Mohanraj, Derek Jenwen Hoinventors
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Abstract
There is provided a receptacle device for a mask, the receptacle device comprising: a valve; a body portion surrounding the valve; and an anchor portion; wherein the body portion and the anchor portion are integrally formed; and wherein the anchor portion and the body portion define a channel therebetween, and the channel is configured to releasably engage the mask. A method of manufacturing a mask assembly or retrofitting a receptacle device to a workpiece mask is also provided which comprises a mask and said receptacle device.
Claims25
A face mask receptacle device comprising:
- a valve comprising at least one slit;
- a body portion surrounding the valve;
- and
- an anchor portion;
- wherein at least one of the body portion or anchor portion is elastic;
- wherein the body portion and the anchor portion are inseparable by being integrally formed as one continuous piece;
- wherein the one continuous piece is configured to protrude through a hole of the face mask that, in an assembled configuration, the body portion and the at least one slit are in an exterior region of the face mask and the anchor portion is in an interior region of the face mask;
- wherein the valve is configured to receive a drinking, feeding or inhalation instrument therethrough;
- and
- wherein the valve is structurally concave in a non-deformed state prior to receiving the drinking, feeding or inhalation instrument therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.