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US 2022/0022573 A1Published application
Extended use mask hat and method for controlling spread of infection
OwnerAlexander Luis Hernandezinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed here is an extended use mask hat. The principal components are a hat member, a mask member and an attachment means. Under conditions where there is no desire for protection, the mask member can be easily stored against the interior surface of the hat member. When there is a desire for protection, the mask member can be easily and quickly donned. The service period of the mask hat is extendable by washing. Several technological problems are overcome, including, individual and community protection from the airborne spread of infectious disease in a manner that is effective, not noxious to human sensibility and not overly bearing.
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A mask hat for wearing by a human user having a head with a nose and a mouth and comprised of:
- a. a hat member having:
- i. an interior surface and
- ii. a bottom part wherein relative to being worn on the human user's head, there is a fore-left temple hat region, a fore-right temple hat region, an aft-left temple hat region and an aft-right temple hat region
- b. a mask member that:
- i. relative to being deployed on the human user's face, the mask member has a right upper mask region, a left upper mask region, a right lower mask region and left lower mask region
- ii. is capable of snugly covering the mouth and nose of the human user,
- iii. performs a filtration so as to impeded the passage of a droplet and particle with the allowance for the passage of air there through and is capable of nesting on the interior surface of the hat member in substantial conformity to a portion of the interior surface of the hat member and
- c. an attachment means that:
- i. is comprised of four or more elastic cords with at least a first cord fixedly connected between the right upper mask region and the fore-right temple hat region, at least a second cord fixedly connected between the left upper mask region and the fore-left temple hat region, at least a third cord fixedly connected between the right lower mask region and the aft-right temple hat region and at least a fourth cord fixedly connected between the left lower mask region and the aft-left temple hat region;
- ii. is elastically stretchable and contractable, which fixedly connects the hat member to the mask member such that there is enough stretchability to stretch the mask member away from the hat member and position the mask member over the human user's nose and mouth and enough contractability to contract to a degree where the mask member is held to snugly cover the human user's mouth and nose,
- whereby the human user can wear the mask hat under conditions where there is no desire for protection against inhaling/exhaling a droplet and particle with the mask member is capable of being flipped and landing into a stowed position against the interior surface of the hat member and the human user can wear the mask hat under conditions where there is a desire for protection against inhaling/exhaling a droplet and particle with the mask member deployed substantially over the human user's mouth and nose.
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A mask hat for wearing by a human user having a head with a nose and a mouth and comprised of:
- a. a hat member having an interior surface and other surfaces to form an enclosure and a bottom part wherein relative to being worn on the human user's head, there is a fore-left temple hat region, a fore-right temple hat region, an aft-left temple hat region and an aft-right temple hat region;
- b. a mask member that is capable of snugly covering the mouth and nose of the human user, the performs a filtration function so as to impede the passage of a droplet and particle with the allowance for the passage of air there through and is capable of nesting on the interior surface of the hat member in substantial conformity to a portion of the interior surface of the hat wherein relative to being deployed on the human user's face, the mask member comprising a right upper mask region, a left upper mask region, a right lower mask region and left lower mask region;
- c. four or more elastic cords with at least a first cord fixedly connected between the right upper mask region and the fore-right temple hat region, at least a second cord fixedly connected between the left upper mask region and the fore-left temple hat region, at least a third cord fixedly connected between the right lower mask region and the aft-right temple hat region and at least a fourth cord fixedly connected between the left lower mask region and the aft-left temple hat—region whereby the hat member is connected to the mask member such that there is enough stretchability to stretch the mask member away from the hat member and position the mask member over the human user's nose and mouth and enough contractability to contract to a degree where the mask member is held to snugly cover the human user's mouth and nose,
- whereby the human user can wear the mask hat under conditions where there is no desire for protection against inhaling/exhaling a droplet and particle with the mask member stowed against the interior surface of the hat member and the human user can wear the mask hat under conditions where there is a desire for protection against inhaling/exhaling a droplet and particle with the mask member deployed substantially over the human user's mouth and nose and
- whereby the human user can exert a jerking torque such that the mask member is capable of being flipped and landing nested on the interior surface of the hat member in substantial conformity to a portion of the interior surface of the hat member.
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