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Sealing arrangement for wearable article

  • US 20070039620A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2006
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A face mask comprising:

  • a generally cup shaped mask body having an opening and a recess, the recess shaped to receive oral and nasal features of a human face, the opening having a peripheral edge being shaped to generally follow a contour of a human face extending around the nasal and oral areas;

    a plastically deformable shape-retention member disposed in the vicinity of a portion of the peripheral edge, the shape-retention member being sized to extend across a bridge of a human nose;

    at least one retention member attached to the mask body, the retention member being configured to extend around a rear side of a human head so as to retain the mask body against a face of a human; and

    a vapor diversion member disposed adjacent to the shape retention member, the vapor diversion member comprising a thermally-sensitive visco-elastic material having at least a first area having a first thickness positioned to be alignable with a bridge of a human nose, and at least second and third areas disposed adjacent to the first area and having second and third thicknesses, both of which are thicker than the first thickness.

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