Patent Application
20230059910
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The disclosure relates to face masking assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new face masking assembly for filtering and scenting air. The present invention discloses a face masking assembly comprising an air filtering facemask with a pouch disposed on its outer surface that is used to receive an aroma compound impregnated pad to provide a scent to inhaled air.
The prior art relates to face masking assemblies. Prior art face masking assemblies designed to provide scented are comprise facemasks to which are engaged breakable capsules, scented patches, scented strips, scented objects, scented pods, and the like, which are attached to an inner surface of the facemask. What is lacking in the prior art is a face masking assembly comprising an air filtering facemask with a pouch disposed on its outer surface that is used to receive an aroma compound impregnated pad to provide a scent to inhaled air.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a facemask, a pocket panel, and a plurality of pads. The facemask is configured to be selectively positioned over a nose and mouth of a user so that the facemask is removably engaged to a head of the user. The facemask is configured to filter particulates from air passing through the facemask. The pocket panel has opposing edges and a bottom edge that are engaged to the facemask to define a pouch. Each pad is infused with a respective aroma compound so that the plurality of pads comprises pads that are infused with a variety of aroma compounds. The pads are sized complementarily to the pouch. A respective pad is selectively insertable into the pouch so that the respective pad is configured to release an associated aroma compound into the air passing through the facemask.
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 facemask 12 comprises a face panel 18 and a pair of fasteners 20. The face panel 18 comprises one or more of polypropylene, cloth, paper, non-woven fabric, microfibers, and the like. Each fastener 20 is engaged to a respective opposed edge 60 of the face panel 18 and is configured to engage the head of the user so that the face panel 18 is removably engaged to the user.
The fastener 20 may comprise a strap 22, which has opposed ends 24 that are engaged to the respective opposed edge 20 to define a loop 26. The loop 26 is configured to be positioned around an associated ear of the user. Each of a pair of clips 28 may be slidably engaged to a respective strap 22 to define a subloop 30. The clip 28 is selectively and fixedly engageable to the respective strap 22 to fix a circumference 32 of the subloop 30. Fixing the circumference 32 of the subloop 30 effectively sizes the straps 22 to fit the facemask 12 to the user. The present invention anticipates other fastening means for engaging the facemask 12 to the head of the user, such as, but not limited to, elastic bands, clips, and the like.
The pocket panel 14 has opposing edges 34 and a bottom edge 36 that are engaged to the facemask 12 to define a pouch 38. The pocket panel 14 may be substantially concentric with the facemask 12, as shown in
Each pad 16 is infused with a respective aroma compound 48 so that the plurality of pads 16 comprises pads 16 that are infused with a variety of aroma compounds 48. The pads 16 are sized complementarily to the pouch 38. A respective pad 16 is selectively insertable into the pouch 38 so that the respective pad 16 is configured to release an associated aroma compound 48 into the air passing through the facemask 12.
The present invention is anticipated to be useful in filtering particulates from air breathed by the user, such as dust, bacteria, and viruses. Additionally, the facemask 12 provides protection to the user and to persons proximate to the user by stopping aerosols and droplets, which can contain bacteria and viruses. Another anticipated benefit of the scent infusible face masking assembly 10 is provided by the aroma compound 48, which can mask a foul odor.
In use, the selectively scent infusible face masking assembly 10 enables a method 50 of filtering and scenting air. The method 50 comprises a first step 52 of providing a selectively scent infusible face masking assembly 10 according to the specification above. A second step 54 of the method 50 is selecting a respective pad 16. A third step 56 of the method 50 is positioning the respective pad 16 in the pouch 38, as shown in
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.
