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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
P. David Halstead, Knoxville, TN (US);
Garry W. McNabb, Cookeville, TN (US);
David E. Wright, Livingston, TN (US);
Assignee:
Mad Partners, Cookeville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/20 ; B23K 1/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/20 ; B23K 1/110 ;
Abstract
A method of making a face mask including the steps of providing a plurality of lengths of Grade 2, commercially pure titanium wire, having a diameter of from about 0.21 to about 0.24 inches; forming each length at room temperature to a desired bend angle by bending the member at room temperature using rotary bending apparatus to a first bend angle that is from about 1.25 to about 1.35 times greater than the desired bend angle; and welding each of the thus formed lengths to at least one other of the lengths in an ambient, oxygen containing environment.