JP3113827U - mask - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To open a mouth for eating and drinking while wearing a mask covering a nose and a mouth, and in that case, the nose is surely covered.
In a mask having a mask body 1 made of a foldable material and ear hook strings 2 on both sides thereof, a lower string end 2b of the ear hook string 2 is connected to lower ends of left and right side edges of the mask body 1. Attach it so that it can be changed to the position of the part and the middle part. For this reason, the slide rail 3 is provided on the left and right edges of the lower half 1b of the mask body 1, and the lower string end 2b of the ear strap 2 is attached to the slider 4 that moves along the slide rail. With the slider 4 raised to the middle position, the lower half 1b of the mask body covering the mouth is folded over the inside or outside of the upper half 1a covering the nose.
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Description

  This invention relates to a mask that uses a flexible material that can be bent and covers the nose and mouth used for colds and hay fever.

Conventionally, a general mask is a mask body that is folded and sewn into a rectangle that covers the nose and mouth using a flexible material such as gauze or non-woven fabric, and is attached to the upper and lower ends of the left and right sides of the mask body so as to be hooked on the ear. It is composed of the ear straps. The ear straps are sewn on both sides of the mask body or passed along the upper and lower edges.
Therefore, when wearing a mask, you cannot drink food or drink such as tea or juice, eat or smoke, and you must remove the mask each time or move the entire mask under your chin. The appearance is bad, and when the mask is removed, it takes time to temporarily store the mask in a pocket or the like, and sometimes it is inconvenient to drop it.

For this reason, apart from the well-known main ear straps provided on the left and right sides of the mask main body, an annular ear hook upper cord is attached to both ends of the upper edge of the mask, and usually both the main cord and the upper strap are hung on the ear. In the case of eating and drinking etc., the mask that can remove the main string and hold it only with the upper string to make the mask body and main string free, and open and close the mask body forward to release the nose and mouth Proposed. (See Patent Document 1)
Also, bend the lower part of the mask body inward by 150 degrees, attach the ear straps to both ends of the bent part and put the folded part under the chin, and the mask body will be pulled and bent by the ear straps There is a cooking mask that covers the front of the mouth so that when it tastes, the mask body that is folded and stands in front of the mouth is tilted forward. (See Patent Document 2)

Utility Model Registration No. 3089472 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-24819

In this way, with a mask that covers the nose and mouth, it is difficult to remove the mask each time when you speak clearly or use food and drink, because the processing of the removed mask is cumbersome. It has been proposed to release the mask body from the mouth while wearing the mask by removing one of the ear straps, but the nose is released as well as the mouth is released, making it especially vulnerable to people with hay fever. May inhale viruses and pollen from the nose during this time. Moreover, since the main string hangs down with the mask body, the appearance is not good, and there is a drawback that the drooping mask must be pushed up when eating and drinking.
Moreover, the mask for cooking prevents spatter of the saliva with the mask body standing in front of the mouth and does not cover the nose and mouth.
The present invention provides a mask that can be worn so as to cover the nose and mouth, in which only the mouth can be released during wearing.

  For this reason, in a mask body that covers the nose and mouth with a flexible and foldable material, and a mask that has ear straps on both sides, pull the upper strap end from the upper edge of the side edge of the mask body, The attachment position of the side string end can be changed to the position of the lower end and middle part of the mask body side edge. Normally, the ear strap is attached to the position of the lower end, and the ear strap is used when eating and drinking. By attaching the lower half of the mask body covering the mouth and overlapping the upper half covering the nose, the mouth can be released with the nose covered.

To change the mounting position of the ear strap, attach a slide rail made of vinyl or the like to the edge of the mask body, and attach the lower strap end of the ear strap to the slide piece that moves along the slide rail. It can be changed by detachably connecting with a fastener such as a hook and loop fastener.
The lower half of the mask main body after the ear strap is changed to the attachment position of the intermediate portion may be folded inside the upper half or folded outside.

According to the present invention, while wearing the mask, only the attachment position of the lower string end of the ear strap is changed, and the lower part of the mask body covering the mouth is folded upward. It can be easily operated even when wearing a mask, and it is not necessary to remove the entire mask.
In addition, since only the mouth is released while the nose portion is covered, an effect of reliably preventing inhalation of virus and pollen from the nose during eating and drinking can be obtained.
In addition, the position of the ear strap can be changed even when worn with a simple structure. When the mouth is released, it only covers the nose and does not hang down and does not impair the appearance. There are advantages.

This will be described with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a mask body, which is formed by folding and sewing a flexible and air-permeable material such as gauze or non-woven fabric, 1a is an upper half portion that covers the nose portion, and 1b is a lower half portion that covers the mouth. Reference numeral 2 denotes an ear strap such as a cloth or a rubber strap, and the upper strap end 2 a is attached to the left and right upper ends of the mask body 1. 2b is the lower string end of the ear strap 2, 3 is a vinyl slide rail attached inside or outside along both side edges of the lower half 1a of the mask body 1, and 4 is moved along the slide rail 3. A lower cord end 2b of the ear strap 2 is attached with a slider.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a seam, and the ear strap 2 may be integrated with the left and right through the inside of the seam along the upper edge of the mask body 1.

In a state where the left and right sliders 4 are moved to the lower end of the slide rail 3, the ear strap 2 is connected to the upper and lower ends of the mask body 1 and used as a normal mask.
When opening the mouth, such as when eating and drinking, the slider 4 with the lower cord ends 1b of the left and right ear straps 2 is pulled up to the upper end along the slide rail 3, and the mask main body 1 of the mask body 1 is pulled by the ear straps 2 on both sides Since the upper half 1a is held and the lower half 1b is released while covering the nose, the lower half 1b is folded so as to overlap the inside or outside of the upper half 1a so that the nose The mouth is released with the half 1a and the lower half 1b covered double.
When the requirement for releasing the mouth is finished, the bent lower half 1b is returned and the slider 4 is pulled down. When the lower half 1b of the mask body 1 is folded back, it is held by the curvature of the mask surface even if it is folded outside the upper half 1a. However, if it is folded inside, the holding is sure and the appearance is improved. .

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment, in which the same parts as those in FIG.
The upper string end 2a of the ear strap 2 is attached to the left and right upper ends of the mask body 1, and one of the locking elements is attached to the lower string end 2b. In this embodiment, an appropriately-sized hook-and-loop fastener 6 such as Velcro (registered trademark) is used. Is attached. 7 and 8 are hook-and-loop fasteners, which are the other of the fasteners attached to the lower and middle edges of the left and right side edges of the mask body, both of which can be coupled to the hook-and-loop fastener 6 and are fixed to the inside or the outside of the mask body 1. ing. A hook-and-loop fastener 9 is fixed to the upper end of the side edge of the mask body 1 and is attached to the same mask body surface as the hook-and-loop fastener 7 so that the lower half can be securely held by being joined when bent.

The hook-and-loop fastener 6 attached to the lower string end 2b of the left and right ear hook strings 2 is joined to the hook-and-loop fastener 7 attached to the lower end of the mask body 1 and used as a normal mask.
When releasing the mouth, such as when eating or drinking, the hook-and-loop fastener 6 of the ear strap 2 is removed from the hook-and-loop fastener 7 of the mask body 1 and joined to the hook-and-loop fastener 8 in the middle part. This replacement can be easily performed even when the mask is worn. By replacing the ear straps 2 on both sides with the hook-and-loop fasteners 8 respectively, the upper half 1a of the mask body 1 is held by the ear straps 2 to cover the nose and the lower half 1b is released. The mouth is released by folding the half 1b over the inside or outside of the upper half 1a.
By folding, the lower half 1b is securely held in a state in which the hook-and-loop fastener 7 is coupled to the hook-and-loop fastener 9 and the nose portion is double covered.

When the lower half 1b of the mask body 1 is folded inward, the hook-and-loop fastener 9 may not be provided. However, when the mask body 1 is folded outward, the lower half 1b is bent and held on the upper half 1a. However, since the mask main body is soft, there is a possibility that the upper end portion hangs down. For this reason, when the hook-and-loop fastener 7 is coupled to the hook-and-loop fastener 9, it can be reliably held.
In the above description, a hook-and-loop fastener is used as the locking tool, but the hook is not limited to this, and hooks, hooks and the like can be used.

It is a top view of the mask which shows the Example of this invention. It is a top view which shows another Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mask main-body part 1a Upper half part 1b Lower half part 2 Ear hook string 2a Upper string end 2b Lower string end 3 Slide rail 4 Slider 5 Seam 6, 7, 8, 9 Surface fastener

Claims (4)

In a mask body made of a flexible material and a mask with ear straps on both sides of the mask, the lower strap attachment position of the ear strap can be changed to the lower end and the middle of the mask body side edge. The mask characterized in that the lower half of the mask body covering the mouth is folded over the upper half covering the nose when attached to the middle position. 2. The mask according to claim 1, wherein slide masks are provided on the left and right edges of the lower half of the mask body, and the lower string end of the ear strap is attached to a slider that moves along the slide rail. The mask according to claim 1, wherein the mask body side edge is provided with a locking tool at a lower end portion and an intermediate portion, and a locking piece coupled to the locking tool is attached to a lower string end portion of the ear strap. The mask according to claim 3, wherein the locking tool and the locking piece are hook-and-loop fasteners.

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