A mask apparatus includes a mask body, a pair of hook mounting portions at side ends of the mask body, a seal coupled to a rear surface of the mask body, and a pair of ear hook portions connected to the hook mounting portions. Each hook mounting portion includes an upper hook mounting portion, a lower hook mounting portion below the upper hook mounting portion, a hook pin at each of the upper hook mounting portion and the lower hook mounting portion, and a through-hole defined in each of the upper hook mounting portion and the lower hook mounting portion. Each ear hook portion includes a strap portion, a first hook portion connecting the strap portion to one of the upper and lower hook mounting portions, and a second hook portion connecting the strap portion to the other of the upper and lower hook mounting portions.

A face mask includes a filter body including a composite film. The composite film includes a first layer of a stretched sintered polymeric material, and a second layer of an expanded polymer film secured to the first layer. The face mask includes one or more straps for securing the filter body over the mouth and nose of a wearer. A process for making a face mask includes providing a composite film including a sintered polymeric material adjacent an expanded polymer film, thermoforming the composite film to produce a filter body of the face mask, and attaching one or more straps to the filter body.

The present disclosure provides generally for a particle guard system and apparatus. The system may comprise temples, shield, and nose bridge. A particle guard may prevent or limit aspiration from entering the user's external environment via shield that covers the nose and mouth. The particle guard may comprise interchangeable components for personalization and various utility. The temples and the nose bridge may be available in various colors and styles for customization of the particle guard. The particle guard may possess attachments for various utility. Temples may comprise integrated attachments. For example, temples may contain a wireless signal device for external communication. The particle guard may comprise a sanitation system. Where the system includes external covering, shield may interface with the external covering via opening in the external covering.

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 process for the production of manufactured articles in composite material comprises at least one supply phase of a plurality of layers and at least one coupling phase of the layers. The coupling phase comprises at least one step of arrangement of the layers overlapped onto each other to create at least one stratified body. The coupling phase comprises at least one step of positioning the stratified body inside a mould. The coupling phase comprises at least one firing step of the layers positioned inside the mould. The supply phase comprises at least one supply step of at least one basic layer and at least one supply step of at least one reinforcement layer.

A respiratory mask body having a nose region including a seal and a support extension is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the mask body has a nose region including a support extension which extends in a direction away from the seal and is configured to contact a user's nose at a position beyond the seal.

Systems and methods for protecting a user from external contamination with a mask. Exemplary embodiments may include a mask including an open threaded portion couplable to a filter; one or more extrusions on a front of the unibody mask to mount straps to the unibody mask; wherein the mask is made of silicone, and wherein the unibody mask presses against a face such that the unibody mask seals an interior of the unibody mask from an exterior of the unibody mask.

A method of making a filtering face piece respirator, which method includes: providing a cup shaped mold 20; providing a forming chamber 24 where the mold 20 is located and where loose fibers 22 are introduced into air in the forming chamber 24; causing the loose fibers 22 to be accumulated 10 on the mold 20 in the forming chamber 24; and bonding 12 the accumulated fibers to each other at points of fiber intersection, The inventive method thus is beneficial in that it eliminates steps in the manufacturing process. The fibers also are uniformly distributed throughout the mask body, and because the webs do not have to be cut during respirator manufacture, less web waste is generated.

A face shield includes a molded body portion configured to cover a wearer's eyes, nose, mouth, and chin. The body portion, which is secured to the wearer's ears by a pair of connector elements, includes at least one opening containing a replaceable filter. The face shield may part of a tracking system including multiple face shields, wherein each face shield includes a sensor that transmits data to a processor that in turn analyzes and interprets the data and transmits the results to a display device.

A clear protective mask/face-shield assembly with collapsible temples, which protects the wearer from contaminants and airborne particles, and optionally reads out the wearer's body temperature to the observer through the use of an integral LC flexible forehead thermometer. The assembly includes a rigid single piece clear face covering which protects the user from airborne droplets, and optionally filters incoming, and exhaled air through a filtered port on each side of the mask. The ports also permit air circulation for the comfort of the wearer and to minimize fogging of the mask/shield. An optional safety eye lens protection component can also be added to the face mask.