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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christopher P. Henderson, High Shincliffe, GB;
Reyad A. Abdulqader, Stockton-On-Tees, GB;
James J. May, Kenilworth, GB;
Mark A. J. Fernandes, Leamington Spa, GB;
David N. Boyce, West Bridgford, GB;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A personal respiratory protection device comprising an upper panel (), a central panel (), and a lower panel (), the central panel () being separated from each of the upper and lower panels () by a first and second fold (), seam, weld () or bond, respectively, such that device is capable of being folded flat for storage along the first and second fold (), seam, weld () or bond and opened to form a cup-shaped air chamber over the nose and mouth of the wearer when in use, wherein the lower panel () has a graspable tab () attached to an interior portion of an external surface of the lower panel (), the tab () being graspable in use to open the device.