US 12,458,081 B2
Device for protecting at least one part of the face
Carlos Batista Mendes, Annay la Cote (FR); Jean-Baptiste Duban, Athie (FR); and Christophe Bertrand, Mellecey (FR)
Assigned to SIMON ET CIE, Avallon (FR)
Appl. No. 17/911,821
Filed by SIMON ET CIE, Avallon (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057128
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191084, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. FR2002774 (FR), filed on Mar. 21, 2020; and application No. 2004012 (FR), filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138060 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1107 (2013.01) [A41D 13/1161 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for protecting the respiratory tract and at least one part of a face of a user against projections, comprising:
a single flexible sheet, made of a material impermeable to said projections, and defining a strip having the overall shape of a rectangle or a square, the single flexible sheet further comprising at least two first straps, each first strap coming from an end of an upper edge, of said strip;
wherein the strip of the sheet is shaped to cover at least a nose and a mouth of the user, with the upper edge of said strip resting on the top of the nose or on a forehead of said user;
wherein the at least two first straps are formed from the single flexible sheet;
wherein the at least two first straps are at least partially defined by cuts provided in the single flexible sheet; and
wherein the at least two first straps are arranged to be tied together at a back of a head of the user while passing above ears of the user.