公开(公告)号：US20220362590A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17662964

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: Cheng LUO ,  Manjarik MRINAL

Inventor： Cheng LUO ,  Manjarik MRINAL

IPC: A62B23/02 ,  A41D13/11

Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a mask fixer to prevent air leakage at the edges is disclosed. The mask fixer includes a face piece and one or more components coupled to the face piece. The face piece includes a central aperture, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. Features, such as a nasal reinforcer, a flange, and/or a sealing loop, may be added to different parts of the face piece to form different embodiments of the mask fixer for different applications. In some embodiments, the mask fixer is used by releasably wearing it outside or inside a surgical or cloth mask to reduce air leakage at the edges. In other embodiments, the mask fixer includes a flange around the central aperture of the face piece. A surgical mask, a cloth mask or a filter is wrapped and fixed around this flange using a band or a snapping mechanism. As such, the mask fixer is integrated with a filter or a surgical or cloth mask to form a new face mask. This new face mask would diminish air leakage at its edges. In all embodiments, the mask fixer is reusable after it is cleaned and sterilized.