A half mask for the face, including one or more covering areas for covering one or both respiratory openings of the person wearing the half mask and one or more fastening areas for fastening the half mask to its wearer, particularly to one or more of their head, neck, and throat, one or more UV-C disinfection units for disinfecting the inhaled and exhaled air and one or more devices for fitting the half mask tightly around the face of its wearer are provided.

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure includes antiviral masks with at least one metallic layer. In one or more embodiments, the at least one metallic layer can be a copper based metallic layer and can be shaped as a facial mask that covers the exposed orifices of a user's face, including the nose and mouth, and can be used independently of other layers and/or other masks.

A surgical mask having partitions that isolate the respiration from the nose and mouth of a wearer into two separate compartments or volumes.

An object is to provide a mask frame capable of allowing a mouth to be less likely to be constrained by a frame at the time of talking while preventing a mask from coming into contact with a part around the mouth and a nose and capable of fitting to a face regardless of the face shape of each person and a method of using the mask frame. A mask frame (1) includes: two vertical materials (2) that are disposed such that a longitudinal direction of the vertical materials is aligned along an up-down direction when the mask frame is worn on a face, and come into contact with left and right cheeks, respectively; a plurality of horizontal materials (3) that are provided between the vertical materials (2) such that a longitudinal direction of the horizontal materials is aligned along a horizontal direction and are disposed at positions away from the face when the mask frame is worn on the face; and a reinforcing material (4) that is disposed such that a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing material is aligned along the up-down direction when the mask frame is worn on the face and is connected to each of the plurality of horizontal materials (3), in which the vertical materials (2), the horizontal materials (3), and the reinforcing material (4) are placeable further inward than an outer peripheral edge of a filter of a mask, and all the plurality of horizontal materials (3) are away from the face such that no part of each horizontal material (3) comes into contact with the face when the mask frame is worn on the face.

A thermoformed protective face shield includes a curved top portion adapted to conform to a curved lower portion of a rigid protective headwear. The face shield further includes a visor portion extending outward from a lower end of the curved top portion, thereby creating a space between the user's face and a face cover portion. The visor portion includes one or more channels formed therein for structural support and/or allowing release of heat and/or moisture from the face cover portion. The face cover portion extends downward from the visor portion and covers and provides protection for the face of a user. A side shield portion extends inwardly from the face cover portion. For shielding the sides of a user's face. Further, a perimeter flange may extend perpendicular to the perimeter of the face shield for providing structural support to the face shield.

This present application relates to personal protective equipment, namely a face mask which allows an individual to engage in social activities without fully compromising the protection offered by the personal protective equipment. More specifically, the face mask has a moveable flap that may be secured in one of three different positions to permit the individual flexibility in using the face mask. The face mask may further have a hinged portion to allow for easily movement of the flap.

A face mask to respirator adapter assembly includes a cylinder which has a nose recess integrated into the cylinder. The nose recess accommodates a user’s nose when the cylinder is positioned beneath a face mask when the face mask is being worn. The device includes a cushion that extends around the cylinder and which abuts the user’s face when the cylinder is positioned beneath the face mask to enhance comfort for the user.

A protective face mask comprising a flexible mask body conforming generally to the facial configuration of a wearer and being removably mounted at its upper end on a curved support member engageable with the upper portion of the wearer's head. The central forward portion of the mask body is provided with a porous section for filtering out particulates and minute spray globules while permitting normal breathing.

An acoustic face mask reduces the distortion and muffling of speech sounds by a face mask wall. The distortion and muffling of speech sounds by a face mask wall may be reduced by reducing the acoustic coupling of the vocal tract and/or nasal cavity to the face mask chamber, which causes a reduction in the intelligibility of the speech. The acoustic coupling of the vocal tract and/or nasal cavity to the face mask chamber may be reduced, for example, by reducing the reflected sound energy caused by the face mask wall. For example, one or more sound absorbing members or acoustically transparent members reduce the reflected sound energy caused by the face mask wall.

Folded mask systems and methods for providing protection to a wearer and to other individuals located in proximity to the wearer.