Mouth breathing prevention mask

Abstract

To provide a mouth breathing prevention mask which can prevent mouth breathing.SOLUTION: A mouth breathing prevention mask includes: a mask body 10 having an outer layer part 11 positioned on the outside, an inner layer part 12 positioned closer to a mouth part U1 side of a user U than the outer layer part 11, and a storage part 13 provided between the outer layer part 11 and the inner layer part 12; hook parts 20 provided on the right and left of the mask body 10; and a non-breathable sheet 30 which is stored in the storage part 13 of the mask body 10, has an area 30A which covers the mouth part U1 of the user U and prevents mouth breathing of the user U through the outer layer part 11 and the inner layer part 12. In a side view, a lower prat 10b of the mask body 10 extends to a jaw part U2 of the user U but does not wrap around the jaw part U2 of the user U.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a mouth breathing prevention mask. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, techniques such as those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have been known.

[0003] <Patent Document 1> Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-45384 Patent Document 1 states: "The present invention relates to an open-mouth prevention belt for preventing mouth breathing. Breathing through the mouth is considered to be a major cause of snoring and sleep apnea syndrome. Similarly, people with allergies also exacerbate their symptoms by breathing through their mouths and directly inhaling harmful substances without protection. The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems by providing a means to physically prevent mouth opening." "It is an elastic band formed in a ring shape that fits the overall contours of the face, and is characterized by comprising a first engaging part that engages with the tip of the lower jaw, a second engaging part that faces the first engaging part and expands like a cap to engage with the head, and side band parts that connect the first engaging part and the second engaging part." An anti-mouth opening band is described (abstract of the same document).

[0004] Furthermore, in paragraph 0007 of the same document, as "Effects of the Invention," "As described above, by wearing the mouth-opening prevention band of the present invention, the elasticity of the band restricts the up and down movement of the mouth portion 1-2 around the jaw joint, preventing mouth-opening. Furthermore, the first engaging portion 10-1, which is hooked onto the tip of the lower jaw 1-1a, and the other second engaging portion 10-2, which spreads like a cap on the head 2 and is hooked onto the apex 2-1, are securely fixed and will not easily come off, even during sleep. Furthermore, because the band is elastic, it is possible to consciously open the mouth, and it can be used safely without any hindrance even for sudden physiological yawning or sneezing. Even in the mouth-open state, by wearing a mask material over the mask portion 20-1, it is possible to avoid directly inhaling external dust and dirt. Furthermore, the mask portion 20-1 is formed integrally with the first engaging portion 10-1, so there is no slippage and the mask material will not easily come off once worn." It is stated that:

[0005] In other words, with this mouth opening prevention band, "the elastic force of the band body restricts the up and down movement of the mouth part 1-2 around the brim joint, preventing it from opening," thereby suppressing mouth breathing, and it is presumed that the effect of "using the mask part 20-1 with the mask material in place can prevent direct inhalation of dust and dirt from the outside" can be obtained.

[0006] However, as is clear from the above description, this mouth opening prevention band does not attempt to prevent mouth breathing using the mask itself.

[0007] <Patent Document 2> Utility Model Registration No. 3229442 Patent Document 2 states: The goal is to provide a gusseted pocket mask that can effectively block droplets from the front. "A mask that covers the mouth of a user's face, comprising an outer layer 10 located on the outside and an inner layer 20 located closer to the user's mouth than the outer layer. The outer layer is provided with a non-breathable sheet 11 having an area that covers the user's mouth, and a gusseted pocket 30 with a gusset that forms an air passage is provided between the outer layer and the inner layer. The lower part of the mask is provided with an air passage wire 41 that can form a gap for an air passage between the user's face and the lower part of the mask. The inner layer is provided with two overlapping pollen-cutting filters 25 having an area that covers the user's mouth." A gusseted pocket mask is described (Summary of the same document).

[0008] Although this gusseted pocket mask has a non-breathable sheet 11 in the outer layer 10 that has an area that covers the user's mouth, a gusseted pocket 30 with a gusset that forms an air passage to ensure breathability is provided between the outer layer 10 and the inner layer 20 (paragraph 0028 of the same document), so it cannot prevent mouth breathing. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0009] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-45384 [Patent Document 2] Utility Model Registration No. 3229442 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0010] The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a mouth breathing prevention mask that can prevent mouth breathing. [Means for solving the problem]

[0011] In order to solve the above problems, the mouth breathing prevention mask of the present invention is A mask that covers the mouth of a user's face, a mask body having an outer layer portion located on the outside, an inner layer portion located closer to the user's mouth than the outer layer portion, and a storage portion provided between the outer layer portion and the inner layer portion; Ear loops provided on the left and right sides of the mask body; a non-breathable sheet that is stored in a storage portion of the mask body, has an area that covers the mouth of the user, and prevents the user from breathing through the mouth through the outer layer and the inner layer; Equipped with When viewed from the side, the lower part of the mask body extends to the user's chin but does not wrap around the user's chin.

[0012] With the above-mentioned configuration, this mouth breathing prevention mask can provide the following effects. The non-breathable sheet is placed in the storage compartment of the mask body, and like a regular mask, the mask body is used to cover the mouth and the ear loops are hung over the left and right ears. The non-breathable sheet has an area that covers the user's mouth, preventing the user from breathing through the mouth through the outer and inner layers, and therefore the mask of the present invention can prevent the user from breathing through the mouth.

[0013] In addition, the lower part of the mask body extends to the user's chin in a side view, but does not wrap around the user's chin, so even if the user opens and closes their mouth while sleeping and their jaw moves up and down, the mask body is less likely to move up and down accordingly. Also, because the lower part of the mask body extends to the user's chin, even if the mask body moves up and down slightly, the mask body is less likely to come off the mouth and become distorted. As a result, the mouth breathing prevention mask of the present invention can effectively prevent the user from breathing through the mouth.

[0014] In order to solve the above problems, the mouth breathing prevention mask of the present invention is A mask that covers the mouth of a user's face, a mask body having an outer layer portion located on the outside, an inner layer portion located closer to the user's mouth than the outer layer portion, and a storage portion provided between the outer layer portion and the inner layer portion; Ear loops provided on the left and right sides of the mask body; a non-breathable sheet that is stored in a storage portion of the mask body, has an area that covers the mouth of the user, and prevents the user from breathing through the mouth through the outer layer and the inner layer; Equipped with When viewed from the side, the lower part of the mask body extends up to the chin of the user and extends below the line of tension of the ear loops.

[0015] With the above-mentioned configuration, this mouth breathing prevention mask can provide the following effects. The non-breathable sheet is placed in the storage compartment of the mask body, and like a regular mask, the mask body is used to cover the mouth and the ear loops are hung over the left and right ears. The non-breathable sheet has an area that covers the user's mouth, preventing the user from breathing through the mouth through the outer and inner layers, and therefore the mask of the present invention can prevent the user from breathing through the mouth.

[0016] In addition, the lower part of the mask body extends to the user's chin in side view and extends below the pulling direction line of the ear loops, so the part that extends below the pulling direction line of the ear loops is less likely to wrap around the user's chin. Therefore, even if the user's jaw moves up and down when opening and closing their mouth while sleeping, the mask body is less likely to move up and down accordingly. Furthermore, because the lower part of the mask body extends to the user's chin, even if the mask body moves up and down slightly, the mask body is less likely to come off the mouth and become distorted. As a result, the mouth breathing prevention mask of the present invention can effectively prevent the user from breathing through the mouth.

[0017] In this mouth breathing prevention mask, The storage section is a pocket-shaped storage section that is open at the top, A nose pad is provided on an upper portion of the non-breathable sheet, protruding from the storage portion and extending forward, to prevent at least an outer layer of the mask body from moving upward toward the nose of the user; The nose pad may be configured to have ventilation holes for the user's nostrils.

[0018] With this configuration, the nose pads provided on top of the non-breathable sheet prevent at least the outer layer of the mask body from moving upwards around the user's nose, and the ventilation holes provided in the nose pads ensure ventilation to the user's nostrils, making it easier to more reliably prevent the user from breathing through their mouths. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] 1A and 1B are diagrams showing a state in which an embodiment of a mouth breathing prevention mask according to the present invention is used, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a right side view. [Figure 2] (a1) is a plan view of the mask body containing the non-breathable sheet, (a2) is a front view of the same, (a3) ​​is a schematic cross-sectional view of a3-a3 in Figure (a2), (a4) is a detailed partial cross-sectional view of the same, (b1) is a plan view of the non-breathable sheet, (b2) is a front view of the same, (b3) is a right side view of the same, (c1) is a plan view of the mask body, (c2) is a front view of the same, and (c3) is a schematic cross-sectional view of c3-c3 in Figure (c2). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a mouth breathing prevention mask according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

[0021] As shown in Figures 1 and 2 (mainly (a1) to (a3)), The mouth breathing prevention mask 1 of this embodiment is A mask that covers the mouth U1 of the user U's face, a mask body (10) having an outer layer (11) located on the outside, an inner layer (12) located closer to the mouth (U1) of the user (U) than the outer layer (11), and a storage section (13) provided between the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12); Ear loops 20, 20 provided on the left and right sides of the mask body 10; a non-breathable sheet (30) that is stored in the storage section (13) of the mask body (10), has an area (30A) that covers the mouth (U1) of the user (U), and prevents the user (U) from breathing through the mouth of the user (U) through the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12); Equipped with In side view (FIG. 1(b), FIG. 2(a3)), the lower portion 10b of the mask body 10 extends up to the chin U2 of the user U, but does not wrap around the chin U2 of the user U.

[0022] With the above-mentioned configuration, the mouth breathing prevention mask 1 can provide the following effects.

[0023] The non-breathable sheet 30 is placed in the storage section 13 of the mask body 10, and the mask body 10 is used to cover the mouth section U1 and the ear loops 20 are hung over the left and right ears U3, just like a regular mask.

[0024] The non-breathable sheet 30 has an area 30A that covers the mouth U1 of the user U, and prevents the user U from breathing through the mouth through the outer layer 11 and the inner layer 12, so this mask 1 can prevent the user U from breathing through the mouth.

[0025] In addition, in a side view, the lower portion 10b of the mask body 10 extends up to the chin U2 of the user U and is configured not to wrap around the chin U2 of the user U, so even if the user U opens and closes their mouth (U1) while sleeping, causing their chin (U2) to move up and down, the mask body 10 is less likely to move up and down (in the direction of opening and closing the mouth) accordingly. Furthermore, because the lower portion 10b of the mask body 10 extends up to the chin U2 of the user U, even if the mask body 10 moves up and down slightly, the mask body 10 is less likely to come off the mouth U1 and become dislodged. As a result, this mouth breathing prevention mask 1 can effectively prevent the user U from breathing through their mouth. This can prevent various problems caused by mouth breathing.

[0026] In side view (FIG. 1(b), FIG. 2(a3)), the lower portion 10b of the mask body 10 extends below the line T of the pulling direction by the ear hooks 20.

[0027] With this configuration, the portion (10b) extending below the pulling direction line T of the ear loops 20 is less likely to wrap around the chin U2 of the user U. Therefore, even if the user U opens and closes their mouth while sleeping and their chin moves up and down, the mask body 10 is less likely to move up and down accordingly. This makes it possible to more effectively prevent the user U from breathing through their mouth.

[0028] As shown in Figure 2 (mainly (a3) ​​and (c3)), the storage section 13 is a pocket-shaped storage section that is open at the top, A nose pad 32 is provided on the upper portion of the non-breathable sheet 30, protruding from the storage portion 13 and extending forward (to the left in FIG. 1(b)) to prevent at least the outer layer portion 11 of the mask body 10 from moving upward around the nose U4 of the user U. The nose pad 32 is provided with ventilation holes 33 (FIG. 2(a1)) for the nostrils U5 of the user U.

[0029] With this configuration, the nose pad portion 32 provided on the upper part of the non-breathable sheet 30 prevents at least the outer layer portion 11 of the mask body 10 from moving upward over the nose portion U4 of the user U, and the ventilation holes 33 provided in the nose pad portion 32 ensure ventilation to the nostrils U5 of the user U, making it easier to more reliably prevent the user U from breathing through their mouths.

[0030] The mask body 10 can be constructed, for example, by appropriately joining an outer layer portion 11 and an inner layer portion 12 together to form a storage portion 13. In FIG. The outer layer portion 11 and the inner layer portion 12 can both be made of a known appropriate material (for example, cotton, nonwoven fabric, etc.).

[0031] The ear hooks 20 can be made of any suitable known material, and their tips are joined to the mask body 10 by any suitable known means.

[0032] The non-breathable sheet 30 can be made of any suitable known non-breathable sheet material, such as oil paper, vinyl sheet, raincoat material, or 40D nylon fabric treated with a water-repellent and waterproofing treatment. When nose pads 32 are provided, it is desirable to make the sheet from a synthetic resin sheet approximately 0.5 mm to 1 mm thick. The non-breathable sheet 30 may also be made from non-ferrous metal foil. Using non-ferrous metal foil can improve adhesion to the inner layer 12. Furthermore, silver foil is particularly preferred because it provides a sterilizing effect that inhibits the growth of germs within the mask body 10. The mask body 10 and / or the non-breathable sheet 30 may contain a fragrance suitable for sleep.

[0033] The nose pads 32 protrude from the storage section 13 and extend forward above the non-breathable sheet 30, and can be of any suitable shape as long as they can prevent at least the outer layer 11 of the mask body 10 from moving upward toward the nose U4 of the user U, and ventilation holes 33 to the nostrils U5 of the user U are provided. Therefore, the nose pads 32 do not need to come into contact with the nose of the user U.

[0034] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0035] 1: Mouth breathing prevention mask 10: Mask body 11: Outer layer 12: Inner layer 13: Storage area 20: Ear hook 30: Non-breathable sheet

Claims

1. A mask that covers the mouth (U1) of the user's (U) face, a mask body (10) having an outer layer part (11) located on the outside, an inner layer part (12) located closer to the mouth part (U1) of the user (U) than the outer layer part (11), and a storage part (13) provided between the outer layer part (11) and the inner layer part (12); Ear loops (20) provided on the left and right sides of the mask body (10); a non-breathable sheet (30) that is stored in the storage section (13) of the mask body (10), has an area (30A) that covers the mouth (U1) of the user (U), and prevents the user (U) from breathing through the mouth through the outer layer section (11) and the inner layer section (12); Equipped with The mouth breathing prevention mask is characterized in that, in a side view, the lower part (10b) of the mask body (10) extends to the chin part (U2) of the user (U) and does not wrap around the chin part (U2) of the user (U).

2. A mask that covers the mouth (U1) of the user's (U) face, a mask body (10) having an outer layer part (11) located on the outside, an inner layer part (12) located closer to the mouth part (U1) of the user (U) than the outer layer part (11), and a storage part (13) provided between the outer layer part (11) and the inner layer part (12); Ear loops (20) provided on the left and right sides of the mask body (10); a non-breathable sheet (30) that is stored in the storage section (13) of the mask body (10), has an area (30A) that covers the mouth (U1) of the user (U), and prevents the user (U) from breathing through the mouth through the outer layer section (11) and the inner layer section (12); Equipped with This mouth breathing prevention mask is characterized in that, in a side view, the lower part (10b) of the mask body (10) extends to the chin (U2) of the user (U) and extends below the pulling direction line (T) of the ear loop parts (20).

3. In claim 1 or 2, The storage section (13) is a pocket-shaped storage section that is open at the top, A nose pad (32) is provided on the upper part of the non-breathable sheet (30), protruding from the storage section (13) and extending forward, to prevent at least the outer layer section (11) of the mask body (10) from moving upward toward the nose of the user (U); This mouth breathing prevention mask is characterized in that the nose pad portion (32) is provided with ventilation holes (33) for the nostrils of the user (U).

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