US 11,805,828 B2
Mask with anti-fogging construction
Michael Adkins, Fruit Heights City, UT (US); Philip A. Davidson, Park City, UT (US); Mykell Johnson, Logan, UT (US); and Spencer Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to AETHER MASK, LLC, Park City, UT (US)
Filed by AETHER MASK, LLC, Park City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,665, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295922 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1176 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-fogging face mask, the face mask comprising:
a main body comprising a panel sized to cover a mouth and nostrils of a wearer, the main body having a front side facing in a forward direction extending away from the wearer in use, the main body further defining a rear side facing in a rearward direction extending toward the wearer in use;
a formable seal member disposed along an upper portion of the main body, the formable seal comprising a front face facing the main body, the formable seal further comprising a rear face facing away from the main body, the formable seal comprising a foam material shaped to include a tapered upper edge that tapers upwardly and in a direction extending from the rear face toward the front face;
a first pleat defining a first baffle extending upwardly and rearwardly from the rear face of the formable seal at least prior to donning the mask so as to define an eyewear-receiving channel between the first baffle and the tapered upper edge of the formable seal;
a second pleat defining a second baffle extending upwardly from the rear face of the formable seal from a position below the first pleat at least prior to donning the mask; and
a third pleat defining a third baffle extending downwardly from the rear face of the formable seal from a position below the first pleat at least prior to donning the mask;
wherein a lower channel is defined beneath the third pleat, a middle channel is defined between the third pleat and the second pleat, and an upper channel is defined between the second pleat and the first pleat, wherein the first pleat, the second pleat, the third pleat, the lower channel, the middle channel, and the upper channel are configured for blocking or re-directing travel of exhaled vapor away from eyewear in the eyewear-receiving channel so as to mitigate against fogging of the eyewear in use.