Respirator with stretch-panels
OwnerDebra N. Welchel, Eric C. Steindorfinventors
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Abstract
A disposable respirator made from a filter body having at least one stretch-panel incorporated therein. The stretch-panel allows the respirator to better conform to the wearer's face during movement due to talking, coughing, or general head or neck movement. There may be one or more stretch-panels located underneath the chin or over the cheeks of the wearer.
Claims20
A disposable respirator which defines an area surrounded by a periphery, the disposable respirator extending across a wearer's nose bridge, across each of the wearer's cheeks, and underneath the wearer's chin for covering the nose and mouth of the wearer, the disposable respirator comprising:
- a filter body comprising a non-elastic material defining a body outer surface area;
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- a first stretch-panel comprising an elastic material and having an outer edge defining a portion of the mask periphery, the first stretch-panel defining a panel outer surface area,
- wherein the panel outer surface area is less than the filter outer surface area.
A disposable respirator for a wearer, the respirator comprising:
- a filter body sized to fit over the mouth and nose of the wearer, the filter body having a top edge arranged to extend across the nose and cheeks of the wearer, a bottom edge arranged to extend along a wearer's jaw line, and a seam edge arranged to extend between the wearer's nose to the wearer's chin;
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- a triangular stretch-panel attached to the bottom edge of the filter body, wherein the stretch-panel is arranged to fit underneath the wearer's chin.
A disposable respirator for a wearer, the respirator comprising:
- a filter body sized to fit over the mouth and nose of the wearer, the filter body having a top edge arranged to extend across a nose and upper cheeks of the wearer, and a bottom edge arranged to extend along lower cheeks and underneath a chin of the wearer, wherein the bottom edge has two spaced apart notched portions;
- and a seam edge arranged to extend between the wearer's nose to the wearer's chin;
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- a stretch-panel disposed within each of the of notched portions and attached to the filter body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.