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US 12,661,535 B2Granted
Facemask having improved fit and construction
OwnerErik Quistinventor
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Abstract
A facemask includes: a mask portion shaped to substantially cover a nose and mouth of a wearer of the facemask, the mask portion formed of a flexible material; a nose bridge extending substantially across a width of an upper edge of the mask portion and including a stiff deformable portion located on the nose bridge, wherein the stiff deformable portion is deformable to contour to a shape of a face of the wearer while substantially retaining the shape during use of the facemask; a first ear loop located along a first side of the mask portion; and a second ear loop located along a second side of the mark portion.
Claims12
A facemask comprising:
- a mask portion shaped to substantially cover a nose and mouth of a wearer of the facemask, the mask portion formed of a flexible material;
- a nose bridge extending substantially across a width of an upper edge of the mask portion and including a stiff deformable portion located on the nose bridge, wherein the stiff deformable portion is deformable to contour to a shape configured to match a face of the wearer while substantially retaining the shape during use of the facemask, wherein the stiff deformable portion is formed of a round armature wire, wherein the armature wire comprises an alloy comprising aluminum and tin, the armature wire having a length of at least 18 cm and a round diameter of 1.5-2 mm;
- a first ear loop located along a first side of the mask portion;
- and
- a second ear loop located along a second side of the mask portion.
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A facemask comprising:
- a mask portion shaped to substantially cover a nose and mouth of a wearer of the facemask, the mask portion formed of a flexible material;
- a nose bridge extending substantially across a width of an upper edge of the mask portion and including a stiff deformable portion comprising armature wire located on the nose bridge, wherein the armature wire comprises an alloy comprising aluminum and tin, the armature wire having a length of at least 18 cm and a round diameter of 1.5-2 mm, wherein the armature wire is deformable to contour to a shape configured to match a face of the wearer while substantially retaining the shape during use of the facemask;
- a first ear loop located along a first side of the mask portion;
- and
- a second ear loop located along a second side of the mask portion.
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A facemask comprising:
- a mask portion shaped to substantially cover a nose and mouth of a wearer of the facemask, the mask portion formed of a flexible material, wherein the mask portion includes a pocket located on an outer surface of the facemask portion that is shaped to receive a detection or monitoring device therein;
- a nose bridge extending substantially across a width of an upper edge of the mask portion and including a stiff deformable portion located on the nose bridge, wherein the armature wire comprises an alloy comprising aluminum and tin, the armature wire having a length of at least 18 cm and a round diameter of 1.5-2 mm, wherein the stiff deformable portion is deformable to contour to a shape configured to match a face of the wearer while substantially retaining the shape during use of the facemask;
- a first channel located along a first side of the mask portion;
- a second channel located along a second side of the mask portion;
- a first ear loop located through the first channel along the first side of the mask portion;
- and
- a second ear loop located through the second channel along the second side of the mask portion;
- wherein the stiff deformable portion is secured on the nose bridge between the first channel along the first side of the mask portion and the second channel along the second side of the mask portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.