Patent ID: 6526585
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A41D,A62B

Abstract:
A face mask device for preventing smoke inhalation, said device comprising:a first mask including a plate, said plate having size and shape for covering the face of user, said plate comprising a resiliently flexible material, said plate having an opening therein, said opening being positionable over the nose and mouth of a user, said plate having a pair of eye windows therein for seeing through said plate; a plurality of straps each having a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends being attached to a peripheral edge of said plate, said first ends being positioned generally opposite of associated second ends such that said straps transverse an inner surface of said plate, each of said straps comprising an elastic material, each of said straps having a break therein such that each straps includes a first portion and a second portion, a fastening means releasably fastening each of said first portions to an associated second portion; a second mask including a panel, said panel having a size adapted for covering said opening, said panel comprising a cloth material; a band separate from said first mask and said plurality of straps, said band having opposite ends with each of opposite said ends being attached to opposite edges of said panel of said second mask such that said band and said panel are positionable as a loop about the head of the user for holding said panel in a superimposed condition over said opening of said plate of said first mask, said band comprising an elastic material; and wherein said second mask is removable from a looped position about the head of the user without removing said first mask from the head of the user, said panel being saturatable with water before being positioned on said plate.