Patent Application
20170296380
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The disclosure and prior art relates to mask devices and more particularly pertains to a new mask device for providing heat therapy to sinuses.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pouch that may be worn on a user's face. The pouch is comprised of a fluid absorbent material such as cotton or the like. Thus, the pouch may be soaked with a heated fluid. A heat pack is removably positioned in the pouch. The heat pack may be heated thereby facilitating the heat pack to provide heat therapy to the user's face when the pouch is worn. The heat pack provides heat therapy to the user's sinus cavities. A strap is coupled to the pouch. The strap may be wrapped around the user's head thereby facilitating the pouch to be retained on the user's face.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The user's nose 34 is positioned in the nose space 28 having each of wings 30 extending downwardly along the user's face 14 when the pouch 12 is worn. The pouch 12 has an inner surface 36. The pouch 12 is comprised of a fluid absorbent material such as cotton or the like. Thus, the pouch 12 may be soaked with a heated fluid thereby facilitating the pouch 12 to provide heat therapy to the user's face 14 when the pouch 12 is worn. The heated fluid may be hot water or the like.
A heat pack 38 is provided and the heat pack 38 is removably positioned in the pouch 12. The heat pack 38 may be heated thereby facilitating the heat pack 38 to provide heat therapy to the user's face 14 when the pouch 12 is worn. Moreover, the heat pack 38 provides heat therapy to the user's sinus cavities when the pouch 12 is worn. The heat pack 38 has an outermost edge 40. The outermost edge 40 is coextensive with the peripheral edge 22 of the pouch 12 when the heat pack 38 is positioned in the pouch 12. The pouch 12 enhances heat transfer between the heat pack 38 and the user's face 14 when the pouch 12 is soaked with the heated fluid.
The heat pack 38 is filled with a material 42 has a high thermal mass. The material 42 absorbs and retains heat when the heat pack 38 is heated. Thus, the material 42 transfers heat to the pouch 12. The material 42 may comprise corn, rocks or other material with a high thermal mass. The material 42 is comprised of a non-metallic material thereby facilitating the material 12 to be heated in a microwave oven.
A closure 44 is provided and the closure 44 is coupled to the pouch 12. The closure 44 is positioned on the inner surface 36 corresponding to the front side 18 and the back side 20. The closure 44 is aligned with the top side 24 of the pouch 12. Thus, the closure 44 selectively closes the top side 24. The closure 44 may comprise a pair of complementary hook and loop fasteners or the like. A strap 46 is coupled to the pouch 12. The strap 46 may be wrapped around the user's head 48 thereby facilitating the pouch 12 to be retained on the user's face 14.
A pair of scent dispensers 50 is provided. Each of the scent dispensers 50 has an outer surface 52. The outer surface 52 corresponding to each scent dispenser 50 has a slot 54 extending inwardly therein. The slot 54 insertably receives an associated one of the bounding edges 32 of the nose space 28. Thus, each of the scent dispensers 50 is aligned with the user's nose 34 when the pouch 12 is worn. Each of the scent dispensers 50 is infused with a decongesting fragrance such as Eucalyptus or the like. Thus, each of the scent dispensers 50 soothes inflamed sinus cavities when the pouch 12 is worn.
In use, the heat pack 38 is heated and the pouch 12 is soaked with the heated fluid. The heat pack 38 is positioned within the pouch 12 when the heat pack 38 is heated. Each of the scent dispensers 50 is coupled to the pouch 12. The pouch 12 is worn such that the user's nose 34 is positioned in the nose space 28. The pouch 12 extends across the user's forehead and downwardly along each side of the user's nose 34. Thus, the pouch 12 transfers heat to each of the user's frontal sinuses and each of the user's maxillary sinuses. The user 16 inhales the decongesting fragrance from the scent dispensers 50 to enhance soothing the user's sinuses.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
