US 12,324,466 B2
Protective masks and methods of manufacture
Floyd D. Blackburn, Florence, KY (US); and Lisa M. Scola, Orange, CA (US)
Assigned to Ecoshield Masks, LLC, West Chester, OH (US)
Filed by ECOSHIELD MASKS, LLC, West Chester, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/358,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,674, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079270 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 13/1161 (2013.01) [A41D 13/11 (2013.01); A41D 13/1107 (2013.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.02); A41D 2400/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective mask, comprising:
a front cover portion configured to face away from a face of a user in a tied configuration and comprising a first layer;
a rear cover portion configured to face toward the face of the user in the tied configuration, the rear cover portion comprising a second layer separate from and connected to the first layer;
a nose pocket disposed between the front cover portion and the rear cover portion, wherein the nose pocket comprises a first bump portion having a first shape coplanar with a top edge of the protective mask;
a nosebridge disposed within the nose pocket, wherein the nosebridge comprises a second bump portion having a second shape coplanar with the top edge of the protective mask, and the first bump portion of the nose pocket is sized and shaped to house the correspondingly shaped second bump portion of the nosebridge, wherein the first shape corresponds to the second shape; and
a protective strip, wherein the protective strip is configured to be disposed on the rear cover portion along a length of the nosebridge disposed within the nose pocket.