Patent ID: 7044131

Claim:
A disposable face mask, comprising: a mask body configured to substantially cover a nose and mouth of a wearer; a connecting means provided with the mask body which holds at least a portion of the mask body in position on a wearer's face, the connecting means configured to releasably extend about a back of a user's head; an extension provided with the mask body, the extension including two lateral panels, the lateral panels configured to cooperate to encircle a back of a wearer's head, each lateral panel including a connectable section on each free end of each lateral panel, each connectable section configured to be releasably coupled together at a back of a wearer's head, wherein one end of a cord is connected to one lateral panel and an opposite end of the cord is connected to another lateral panel, wherein when the connecting means is released from a back of a user's head, and 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 cord's connection between the two lateral panels.