A respirator (10) and a process of making the respirator (10) are disclosed. The respirator (10) can include a mask body (12) including right and left portions (16, 18) on each side of a centerline (14), where the right and left portions (16, 18) are bounded by a perimeter (24) of the mask body (12). The mask body (12) can also include a right tab (30) that extends from a right side perimeter segment (26) of the perimeter (24) of the mask body (12) adjacent the right portion (16), and a left tab (40) that extends from a left side perimeter segment (28) of the perimeter (24) of the mask body (12) adjacent the left portion (18); a right earloop (60) attached to the right tab (30) at first and second right attachment locations (50, 54); a left earloop (62) attached to the left tab (40) at first and second left attachment locations (52, 56); and a nose clip (92) disposed adjacent an upper perimeter segment (22) of the perimeter (24) of the mask body (12).

One or more embodiments of a respirator and a method of making the respirator are disclosed. The respirator can include a harness (60) including first and second straps (62, 64); a mask body (12) including right and left portions (16, 18) on each side of a centerline (24), where the right and left portions (16, 18) are bounded by a perimeter (24) of the mask body (12); a right tab (30) that extends from a right side perimeter segment (26) of the perimeter (24) of the mask body (12) adjacent the right portion (16); and a left tab (40) that extends from a left side perimeter segment (28) of the perimeter of the mask body (12) adjacent the left portion (18). The first strap (62) of the harness (60) is attached to the right and left tabs (30, 40) at first right and left attachment locations (50, 52), and the second strap (64) is attached to the right and left tabs (30, 40) at second right and left attachment locations (54, 56).

One or more embodiments of a respirator that includes a polymeric netting is disclosed. The respirator can include a mask body including a perimeter, a harness attached to the mask body, and a face seal disposed adjacent at least a portion of the perimeter of the mask body. In one or more embodiments, the face seal includes a polymeric netting including polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands, where each of the polymeric ribbons and strands having a length, width, and height, where the length is the longest dimension, the width is the shortest dimension, and the height is the dimension transverse to the length and the width. The polymeric ribbons have a height-to-width aspect ratio of at least 5 to 1, a major surface that is intermittently bonded to only one polymeric strand, and a height that is at least two times greater than a height of the one polymeric strand.

A mask and method of making a plurality of masks. The method includes forming a first sheet by joining a first material to a second material and forming a second sheet by joining a third material to a fourth material. The method further includes stacking the first sheet on top of the second sheet and connecting the first sheet and second sheet by joining the first material and the third material. Once the first sheet sand second sheet are joined, a mask or plurality of masks are cut from the stacked first sheet and second sheet, and the first material and the third material form the main body portion of the mask or plurality of masks, and the second material and fourth material form the fastening portion of the mask or plurality of masks.

A FaceLace mask holder has a length of a flexible elongate member. The flexible elongate member has a pair of ends with a connector attached to each end. The length of flexible elongate member can be 6 inches or more and can be worn as a necklace. The connectors are configured to attach to ear loops of a facial mask. The FaceLace mask holder when attached to the loops of the mask allows the wearer to unmask from his or her face mask while allowing the mask to remain hanging about the wearer's neck in a ready to don position.

A flat-fold respirator is made from a stiff filtration panel joined to the remainder of the respirator through at least one line of demarcation. The panel contains a porous monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web that contains charged intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition and that has sufficient basis weight or inter-fiber bonding so that the web exhibits a Gurley Stiffness greater than 200 mg and the respirator exhibits less than 20 mm H.sub.2O pressure drop. The respirator may be formed without requiring additional stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement and can be flat-folded for storage. Scrap from the manufacturing process may be recycled to make additional stiff filtration panel web.

A personal respiratory protection device (10) comprising an upper panel (18), a central panel (16), and a lower panel (20), the central panel (16) being separated from each of the upper and lower panels (18) by a first and second fold (36), seam, weld (76) or bond, respectively, such that device is capable of being folded flat for storage along the first and second fold (36), seam, weld (76) or bond and opened to form a cup-shaped air chamber over the nose and mouth of the wearer when in use, wherein the lower panel (20) includes a stiffening sheet (40) which has a longitudinal crease line, wherein the stiffening sheet (40) is folded about the longitudinal crease line when the device is in use.

A face mask according to the present disclosure includes a main body for being worn to cover a wearer's mouth and nose and right and left adjustable straps affixed along respective right and left lateral extents of the main body, each adjustable strap including a continuous length of material having opposing first and second ends and a first loop formed at the first end, wherein the second end is threaded through the first loop to form an ear loop for being positioned around an ear of the wearer such that, in use, the second end is pulled to tighten the ear loop to adjust the fit of the face mask. In some implementations, the main body may include a middle portion disposed between elastic fabric side portions.