US 12,458,083 B2
Breathable face mask
Kevin Plank, Baltimore, MD (US); Kyle Blakely, Baltimore, MD (US); Ella Mae Holmes, Baltimore, MD (US); Jami Dunbar, Baltimore, MD (US); and Kasey Jarvis, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,878.
Application 17/566,878 is a division of application No. 17/087,866, filed on Nov. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,284,654.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,223, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117329 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01); A62B 18/08 (2006.01); A62B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/113 (2013.01) [A41D 13/1161 (2013.01); A41D 13/1192 (2013.01); A62B 23/025 (2013.01); A41D 2500/10 (2013.01); A62B 18/084 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A face mask configured to be worn on a human head, the face mask comprising:
a face shield including a lateral side; and
an ear loop connected to the lateral side of the face shield, the ear loop defining an elongated narrow center portion positioned between an enlarged first end and an enlarged second end opposite the first end, the enlarged first end connected to an upper portion of the lateral side of the face shield, the enlarged second end connected to a lower portion of the lateral side of the face shield, and the enlarged first end overlapping the enlarged second end along the lateral side of the face shield, wherein the enlarged first end of the ear loop extends downward from an upper perimeter of the face shield to the lower portion of the lateral side, and wherein the enlarged second end of the ear loop extends upward from a lower perimeter of the face shield to the upper portion of the lateral side, and wherein the ear loop is provided by a free-cut piece of fabric including a first surface and an opposing second surface.