Universal fit face mask
AssigneePrestige Ameritech, Ltd.
InventorsGeorge D. Reese, Michael L. Bowen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A face mask has upper and lower portions made of mask material. The upper and lower portions are joined together at side portions and a front portion. The side portions converge as the side portions extend from a face edge to the front portion. The mask has sections between the face edge and the front portion, with each section having a head retainer, a nose strip or both. The sections are divisible from each other along separation zones or bands that extend between the side edges. The size of the mask can be reduced by removing one or more sections, leaving one or more sections that incorporate the front edge and the shortened side edges.
Claims22
A face mask, comprising:
- a) mask material having a face edge and a front portion, the face edge forms an opening to an interior of the mask, the mask material converging from the face edge to the front portion;
- b) at least two sections, with one section located along the face edge and extending toward the front portion and the other section incorporating the front portion and extending toward the one section, wherein when the one section is removed, a second face edge is created, forming a second opening into the mask interior.
A face mask, comprising:
- a) mask material having a face edge and a front portion, the face edge forms an opening to an interior of the mask, the mask material converging from the face edge to the front portion;
- b) at least two sections, with one section located along the face edge and extending toward the front portion and the other section incorporating the front portion and extending toward the one section, wherein when the one section is removed, a second face edge is created, forming a second opening into the mask interior;
- c) each section having a nose strip coupled to the mask material.
A method of fitting a face mask to a human face, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing the face mask with mask material having a face edge and a front portion, the face mask converging from the face edge to the front portion;
- b) creating a second face edge that is closer to the front portion than was the face edge;
- c) donning the face mask onto the face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.