Patent ID: 9168177
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A slip-over light blocking sleep mask comprising: a cylindrically shaped body having a circumference and comprised of a soft flexible material, said body having an inside surface, an outside surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, a front and a back; said upper edge and said lower edge defining a height; said body being of substantially the same height throughout its circumference; said body being of sufficient height and of sufficient diameter to fit around a person's head and to cover the person's eyes and at least a substantial portion of said person's nose, and a separate first piece of ruffled or pleated material secured to the inside surface of the front of said body adjacent the lower edge thereof, said separate first piece of material extending downwardly below said lower edge; a separate second piece of ruffled or pleated material secured to the inside surface of the front of said body adjacent the lower edge thereof, said separate second piece of material extending downwardly below said lower edge, said first and second pieces of material being spaced apart from each other so as to be located beneath the person's eyes when said mask is worn; wherein each of said first and second pieces of material includes a vertical section and a horizontal section wherein said vertical section and said horizontal section are substantially perpendicular to one another and wherein said first and second pieces of material oppose one another.