Patent ID: 6941949
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: A41D,A62B

Abstract:
1. A disposable face mask, comprising: a mask body configured to substantially cover at least a nose, mouth, and chin of a wearer; and an extension provided with the mask body, the extension configured to encircle a back of a wearer's head and to substantially cover a wearer's cheeks, and jaw, at least a portion of the extension formed from a resilient material treated with a repellant agent to prevent contaminants from entering or exiting such treated portion of the extension, wherein the extension includes two separate lateral panels which extend to a back of a wearer's head, each of the two separate lateral panels including a connectable section on each free end thereof, each connectable section configured to be releasably coupled together at a back of a wearer's head, wherein one end of a connector cord is connected adjacent one free end of one lateral panel and an opposite end of the connector cord is connected adjacent another free end of another lateral panel, such that when the two connectable sections are un-coupled and released from each other, the face mask moves from a wearer's face downward toward a front of a wearer's neck and is held about a wearer's neck by the connector cord's connection between the two lateral panels.