Patent ID: 7766015

Claim:
An air filtering soft face mask, comprising: a soft body formed of multiple layers of material including at least one layer of air filtering material capable of filtering selected contaminants from air; the body having an arcuate or peaked nose engaging edge adapted to engage a nose of a wearer and terminating in remote ends that extend downwardly; the body having a chin underlying edge adapted to underlie a chin of a wearer and terminating in remote ends that extend upwardly; the remote ends of the chin underlying edge being secured to the remote ends of the nose engaging edge to form side edges, such that jaw movement tensions the body forcing the nose engaging edge into firmer engagement with the nose of the wearer, forcing the chin underlying edge into firmer engagement with the chin of the wearer and tensioning the side edges into firmer engagement with the cheeks of the wearer; and means for attaching the body to a face of the wearer.