Anti-fog surgical mask with a middle vapor barrier

a surgical mask and anti-fog technology, applied in the field of surgical masks, can solve the problems of insufficient prevention of wearer's breath from being vented between the face of the wearer and the surgical mask, obscuring the wearer's vision is a nuisance at best, and a hazard at worst, so as to reduce the resistance to airflow, prevent the flow of air, and reduce the fogging of the eye glasses

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-06-14
KIM INGEE
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[0010]It is an advantage of the present invention that it is comfortable to wear and has a portion with a reduced fogging to the eye glasses by preventing from flowing of air to the eye glasses.
[0011]It is another advantage of the present invention that the flow of air is directed away from a user's eyes or eyewear.
[0012]It is a feature of the present invention that a portion of the surgical mask adjacent a user's mouth or nose has a reduced resistance to the flow of air relative to the remaining portion of the face mask.
[0013]It is ano

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Although a variety of facial shapes to most closely approximate the wearer's features, it is inadequate to prevent the wearer's breath from being vented between the face of the wearer and the surgical mask.
Since these masks are not designed to prevent from fogging by mouth breathing, some breath exhausts through the lower portion of the mask into the vicinity of the wearer's eyes.
Because warm air rises, the wearers breath

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[0049]Features that are in common with surgical mask 10 shown in FIGS. 1-5 are designated with the same reference numerals.

[0050]Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a perspective view of a surgical mask 10 having a surgical mask body 20 and a vapor barrier 30, shown in FIG. 6, disposed on a wearer 100 with glasses 200 according to an aspect of the present invention.

[0051]The surgical mask body 20 typically includes a plurality of layers, generally at least three layers (not shown), although some mask bodies may have only one or two layers.

[0052]Typically, at least one of the layers includes a thermoplastic material, for example, polypropylene. In some embodiments, the layers include an outer cover web, a filtering material, and a shaping layer. The outermost layer of the surgical mask is typically an outer cover web that is exposed to the exterior atmosphere when the mask is positioned on a wearer's face. If no cover web is present, an outer shell, for example, may be the oute...

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Abstract

A surgical mask having a surgical body for covering the nose and mouth of a wearer, and a surgical mask include a surgical mask body, a middle vapor barrier, and middle tie(s) or ear loop(s). The vapor barrier is positioned between a mouth and a nose of a wearer's face to inhibit vapor, e.g., the moisture in exhale.

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BACKGROUND1. Technical Field[0001]The present invention pertains in general to surgical mask and, more particularly pertains to a surgical mask which reduce or eliminate fogging that may occur on eye wear or an eye-shield worn by a user of the surgical mask.2. Background of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to surgical face masks and more particularly to a mask having a vapor barrier for preventing clouding or fogging of optical aids used by a wearer of a surgical mask.[0003]Surgical masks are worn by surgeons and others in operating and the like to substantially prevent contamination or infection from airborne bacteria exhausted from the breath of the wearer. Surgical masks are generally lightweight in construction and contain several features designed for adaption to an individual wearer's features.[0004]The surgical mask is comprised of a rectangular shaped surgical mask body (not shown) of pleated or non-pleated material, an ear loop attached to one side and an ea...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D13/11
CPCA41D13/1107A41D13/1161A41D13/1115A41D31/12
Inventor KIM, INGEE
Owner KIM INGEE
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