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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel T. Chen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dana W. Nouri, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 7/10 ; A62B 1/808 ; A62B 2/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 7/10 ; A62B 1/808 ; A62B 2/302 ;
Abstract
Respiratory devices having first and second lines of demarcation bisected by a fold. The devices are capable of being folded in a first substantially flat configuration for storage (e.g., in a pocket) and are capable of being unfolded in a second ready-to-wear configuration so that a portion of the device covering the nose and the mouth is off-the-face. Processes for making such devices include folding a preform over a bisecting axis and cutting the preform at desired angles and sealing the cuts together to form the mask.