An article of manufacture for providing a mask fixer to prevent air leakage at the edges is disclosed. The mask fixer includes a face piece and one or more components coupled to the face piece. The face piece includes a central aperture, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. Features, such as a nasal reinforcer, a flange, and/or a sealing loop, may be added to different parts of the face piece to form different embodiments of the mask fixer for different applications. In some embodiments, the mask fixer is used by releasably wearing it outside or inside a surgical or cloth mask to reduce air leakage at the edges. In other embodiments, the mask fixer includes a flange around the central aperture of the face piece. A surgical mask, a cloth mask or a filter is wrapped and fixed around this flange using a band or a snapping mechanism. As such, the mask fixer is integrated with a filter or a surgical or cloth mask to form a new face mask. This new face mask would diminish air leakage at its edges. In all embodiments, the mask fixer is reusable after it is cleaned and sterilized.

A hearing protection assembly for wearing a face mask with ear muffs includes a pair of ear muffs that can be worn over a user's ears thereby facilitating the ear muffs to protect the user from being exposed to excessive sound levels. Each of the ear muffs has a groove integrated therein to accommodate a respective one of a pair of ear loops of a face mask when the ear muffs and the face mask are both worn. A plurality of straps is each coupled to a respective one of the ear muffs. Each of the straps is extendable across the groove in the respective ear muff to retain the respective ear loop of the face mask in the groove in the respective ear muff.

A face mask assembly includes a face mask is comprised of a particulate filtering material to filter air being breathed by a user. The face mask has a mouth opening extending through the face mask to expose the user's mouth when the face mask is worn to facilitate eating and drinking. A flap is movably coupled to the face mask and the flap is positionable in a closed position having the flap covering the mouth opening to filter air breathed by the user. The flap is positionable in an open position to facilitate the user to eat or drink. A first mating member is coupled to flap and a second mating member is coupled to the face mask. The first mating member is releasably mated to the first mating member when the flap is in the closed position for retaining the flap in the closed position.

An ultraviolet (UV) germicidal irradiation system comprising: a light emitting diode (LED) disinfecting face mask comprising: a flexible mask body having a front surface and a back surface; a flexible printed circuitry (FPC) sheet disposed within the flexible mask body, the FPC sheet having a plurality of LEDs adapted to emit UV light, the plurality of LEDs facing the front surface; a vibration sensor electrically connected to the FPC sheet, the vibration sensor being adapted to detect vibrations; a UV-reflective layer disposed behind the FPC sheet, the UV-reflective layer being adapted to reflect the UV light; and a light diffusion layer disposed in front of the FPC sheet, the light diffusion layer being adapted to scatter the UV light; and a control module comprising: a central processing unit (CPU), an LED driver, and a power source; the CPU being in electrical communication with the LED driver and the vibration sensor.

A face mask includes a space formed therein by a peripheral wall extending from the periphery of the space. At least one first path and at least one second path are respectively formed in the space so that outside air enters into the space via the at least one first pat, and air in the space is released from the space via the at least one second path. The face mask covers a large area of the wearer's face to reduce foreign objects from entering into the wear's body so as to reduce the chance of being infected.

A barrier mask, or face mask is provided that includes a mask body that includes a filter portion, an upper elastic portion, and a lower elastic portion, where the mask body includes at least one meltblown layer. The face mask also includes one or more elastic straps. A method of forming a face mask is also provided, where the method includes electrostatically treating the meltblown layer during the face mask formation process.

A face shield for covering the eyes, nose and mouth of a user is disclosed. The face shield includes a face shield body that has a transparent surface having a first side edge, a second side edge, and a top edge. The first and second side edges include a first and a second anchor/barb, respectively, both of which define a line. A spacer is attached at or near the line, and the spacer extends away from the face shield body. An elastic strap with a first slot and a second slot receives the first and second anchor/barbs. When the user wears the face shield, the elastic strap is in a stretched configuration that pulls on the first and second anchor/barbs, and in this configuration the first slot is detachably affixed to the first anchor/barb, and the second slot is detachably affixed to the second anchor/barb.

An illuminating face protection device, including a main body to be worn on a head of a user and protect a face of the user, a top illuminating unit disposed on at least a portion of the main body to emit a first beam of light and illuminate a surrounding area, a first side illuminating unit disposed on at least a portion of the main body to emit a second beam of light and illuminate the surrounding area, and a second side illuminating unit disposed on at least a portion of the main body to emit a third beam of light and illuminate the surrounding area.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a face shield for covering a facial region of a subject. The face shield includes a headband to be worn on a head of the subject. The face shield includes a face protector connectable to the headband for covering the facial region of the subject, wherein the face protector including a foldable structure having a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers of the foldable structure are held together for providing multiple layers of coverage for the facial region of the subject.

A face mask strap support band apparatus for preventing mask straps from irritating ears includes a band body having a band outer side, a band inner side, a band top edge, a band bottom edge, a band left edge, and a band right edge. A pair of catch members is coupled to the band body. The pair of catch members is coupled to the band outer side and includes a left catch member and a right catch member proximal the band left edge and the band right edge, respectively. Each catch member selectively engages an ear strap of a face mask.