Disposable masks for customers to wear during salon or spa services are disclosed, including how they are used and designed. These single-use masks are also able to be worn on airplanes and trains for shorter trips, along with large events like concerts or sporting events. Grocery stores and other crowded shopping areas can also provide them to shoppers on an as needed basis. Specifically, single-use face masks are disclosed that include: a base material comprising a front side, a back side, and an edge, wherein the base material is at least partially water-resistant, at least partially product-resistant, breathable, or a combination thereof; and an adhesive material coupled to the back side of the base material at or near the edge, wherein the adhesive material is compatible with skin; and wherein the face mask is removable and disposable.

A face mask is disclosed that comprises a body including a material exhibiting a refractive index between 1.2 and 1.7, at least one strap for securing the face mask to a head of a wearer, and an element located and configured to enable adjustment of a pressure between the face mask and a wearer's face. A method of producing a face mask is also disclosed, as is a face mask including a sealant disposed on an inner surface of the face mask. A face mask comprising a polymeric material is also disclosed.

A sanitizing face mask inhibits the transmission of pathogens in air respired through the nose and mouth of a wearer. The mask includes hydrophobic inner and outer layers and an intermediate layer enclosed between them. The intermediate layer is saturated with a sanitizing liquid such as an ethanol solution. Respired air encounters the sanitizing liquid as it passes through the intermediate layer, killing pathogens borne on droplets or aerosols. The sanitizing mask protects the wearer, from pathogens in the inspired air, and others, from possible pathogens in the expired air of the wearer.

Most protective masks are not designed to follow individual facial contours and have a limited ability to adjust to various facial sizes and shapes. A sealing cushion for use with surgical face masks and the like has a pliant body with a tacky surface and a wire embedded within, which together create a frame-like structure having a central aperture. The wire encased within the body of the cushion allows the apparatus to be shaped and fitted to the contours of the face to create a substantially airtight seal between the face and the mask. The sealing cushion can prevent or reduce entry of airborne contaminants around the sides and edges of the mask.

The present disclosure provides a respiratory protection device made of soft material comprising folds in zig-zag pattern on the main body and may be adhered to wearer's face by adhesives instead of straps. The respiratory protection device with folds is expandable from flat-fold configuration to open ready-to-use configuration, collapsible from the open ready-to-use configuration to the flat-fold configuration, and flexible to keep adhered to wearer's face when the respiratory protection device is dragged in conjunction with the movement of the wearer's face. The folding structures not only reduce the storage volume but also support the main body of the respiratory protection device to provide large air chamber for breathing comfortably in a completely sealed space. The present disclosure also provides a process of manufacturing the respiratory protection device by folding and fixing barrier layers and applying adhesives on the barrier layers.

A facial mask comprising a flexible body of woven material comprising an inner surface and an opposed outer surface; an adhesive on the inner surface; and a backing material releasably attached to the inner surface, the backing material having a first portion and at least one second portion, wherein the at least one second portion is removable to expose the adhesive for engagement on a user's face.

A mask for use at an operating pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure includes a body with a three-dimensional shaped chamber that is configured to receive a user's mouth and nares and operate at the operating pressure. The mask also includes a nose seal portion that has an uppermost portion that contacts the user's nose along the user's sagittal plane and around at least a portion of the user's nares on an inferior side of the user's nose inferior to the user's nasal ridge. The mask also includes a positioning and stabilising structure to provide a force to hold the seal forming structure in position against the user. A portion of the positioning and stabilising structure directly contacts the user's face between the user's lip inferior and mental protuberance in use.

A soft medical silicone edged cushion may significantly reduce air leakage and provide comfort to a wearer of a face mask, for example, when the face mask is continually worn by a healthcare worker for a twelve-hour shift of medical duty. The cushion may preferably be U-shaped and comprise a cross-section for holding an extra soft silicone gel or air, yet be sufficiently hard and elastic and of predetermined circumference to be adaptable to self-installation to the lateral edges of a face mask and coatable to protect from the escape of air and fit comfortably on a face despite the use of elastic straps with the face mask or the presence of solid plastic lateral edges of an oxygen mask or a ventilator mask. The cushion may be used to cushion a solid plastic laterally edged oxygen or ventilator mask against the use of elastic ties to tie the face mask around a patient's head. The face mask may comprise a UVC source of ultraviolet light controlled by buttons/displays/battery/USB charging port on the cushion or on a UVC cartridge replacing a filter of an N95 mask.

A continuous elongated ring configured to engage a filtration textile to a nose-mouth perimeter of a user, said continuous elongated ring including an upper curvilinear portion adapted to engage said filtration textile disposed about a nasal periphery of the user; said upper curvilinear portion including a pair of attachment features adapted to fastenly receive an upper support strap configured to engage the user's head, and a lower curvilinear portion adapted to engage said filtration textile disposed about a mouth periphery of the user, the lower curvilinear portion including a pair of attachment features adapted to fastenly receive a lower support strap configured to engage the user's head.

A protective face mask comprises (a) a covering portion having first and second opposing sides, first and second opposing side edges, and opposing top and bottom edges, (b) a first adhesive strip affix affixed to the first side adjacent to the first edge, and (c) a second adhesive strip affixed to the first side adjacent to the second edge. The protective face mask may comprise a first selectively removable protective backing covering the first adhesive strip and a second selectively removable protective backing covering the second adhesive strip. The protective face mask may not comprise a retention strap adapted to secure the protective face mask around a user's head or ears.