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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dean R. Duffy, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert E. Holler, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A filtering face-piece respirator dispenserhaving a containerthat has a constriction apertureand a plurality of filtering, face-piece respiratorsdisposed within the containerin a stacked, at least partially-folded arrangement. The stacked respiratorsinclude an outermost respirator. The constriction apertureis adapted to allow for the outermost flat filtering face-piece respiratorto be manually withdrawn from the containersuch that the outermost respiratorgoes from the at least partially-folded condition to an open condition, making the respirator more ready for donning.