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AssigneeKirby Morgan Dive Systems, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bevly Morgan, Connie Lyn Morgan, Trent Matthew Schultz, Peter Mark Ryan
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A flexible full face mask to supply breathable air to humans when in environments where it is not possible to breathe, such as underwater masks, or in environments having toxic gases or similar toxic conditions. The mask includes a mask skirt in the form of a one-piece flexible face seal and separate rigid frame components which define separated self-contained spaces that are connected together in a manner to allow each self-contained space to individually conform and seal against the contours of the face of the wearer. The mask also includes a removable adaptor pod mounted on a lower of the frame components to enable full access to the mouth of the wearer while maintaining the mask in sealed relation on the facial surfaces of the wearer.
A full face mask comprising a full face seal for sealing engagement with a peripheral surface of a face of a user, said full face seal being constructed of flexible, resilient material for sealing engagement with said peripheral surface and including at least upper and lower separate self-contained sealed spaces and flexible, resilient adjustment zones formed in said full face seal between said upper and lower separate self-contained sealed spaces to enable the self-contained spaces to individually seal against said peripheral surface of a face of a user, each of said upper and lower separate self-contained sealed spaces including a separate rigid frame, at least one of said rigid frames providing a mounting area for an adaptor to be mounted on said rigid frame.
A full face mask comprising an upper rigid frame adapted to be generally aligned with a user's eyes and adapted to receive a lens, a lower rigid frame adapted to be generally aligned with a user's mouth area, said frames being spaced apart, a full face seal interconnecting said frames and adapted to extend peripherally in sealing engagement with a user's face, said seal being constructed of flexible, resilient material for sealing engagement with face surfaces, said face seal including resilient adjustment zones formed between said frames to enable the frames to individually conform with facial contours of a user, said lower rigid frame including an open area adapted to be generally aligned with said user's mouth area, and a removable adaptor pod mounted on said lower frame to enable access to said user's mouth without removing the full face mask.
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