US 12,186,598 B2
Respirator tab
Christopher P. Henderson, High Shincliffe (GB); Reyad A. Abdulqader, Stockton-on-Tees (GB); Ciaran G. McMenamin, Newton Aycliffe (GB); Audra A. Wilson, Gateshead (GB); and John M. Facer, Langley Park (GB)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,968.
Application 17/811,968 is a continuation of application No. 15/572,515, granted, now 11,413,481, previously published as PCT/US2016/031434, filed on May 9, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1508114 (GB), filed on May 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339474 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62B 23/02 (2006.01); A41D 13/11 (2006.01); A62B 18/10 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 23/025 (2013.01) [A41D 13/11 (2013.01); A41D 13/1115 (2013.01); A62B 18/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal respiratory protection device comprising:
an upper panel,
a central panel, and
a lower panel,
the central panel being separated from each of the upper and lower panels by a first and second fold, seam, weld or bond, respectively, such that the device is capable of being folded flat for storage along the first and second fold, seam, weld or bond and opened to form a cup-shaped air chamber over the nose and mouth of the wearer when in use,
wherein the upper panel has a graspable upper tab, the upper tab being graspable in use to open the device, characterized in that the upper tab is moveable between a stowed position in which a tip section of the upper tab rests against the upper panel and a deployed position in which the upper tab projects away from the upper panel.