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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Chris Salvino, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kenneth Altshuler, Longmont, CO (US);
Chris Salvino, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kenneth Altshuler, Longmont, CO (US);
Sharp Medical Products—Oxygen Face Mask, LLC., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed anti-contagion facemask embodiments are a family of transparent facemasks that do not obstruct visibility of a person's mouth when worn. One problem with a typical, widely used, facemask is the difficulty in understanding a person speaking when they are wearing the typical facemask. Not only does the listener have to contend with the muffled speech of a person talking through a facemask, communication is made worse by covering up, or otherwise hiding the wearer's mouth and face with opaque filter material. Accordingly, some embodiments described herein present a clear/see-through filtration mask embodiment that does not visibly obstruct a person's mouth by providing a filtration system along or near the periphery of the facemask.