US 12,484,645 B1
Face mask and shield combination
Pallavi Avasarala, Woodbridge, VA (US); Pranav Avasarala, Woodbridge, VA (US); Manya Aanika Yellepeddy, Woodbridge, VA (US); and Yuvaan Manohar Yellepeddy, Woodbridge, VA (US)
Assigned to Aver Technologies, Inc., Woodbridge, VA (US)
Filed by Aver Technologies, Inc., Woodbridge, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/943,509.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/674,114, filed on Jul. 22, 2024.
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01); A41D 13/015 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1184 (2013.01) [A41D 13/0158 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a face mask configured to cover a nose and mouth of a user, and to conform to a face of a user, the face mask including one or more venting pathways to alter a direction of one or more exhaled gasses traveling in an initial direction, the face mask including an adapter, the adapter including a plurality of second venting pathways, each of the plurality of second venting pathways configured to direct the one or more exhaled gasses in a direction substantially orthogonal to the initial direction;
a face shield, the face shield selectively engageable with the face mask;
a connector including a magnetic engagement structure to couple the face mask to the face shield in a predetermined orientation; and
at least one attachment element extending from the face mask, the at least one attachment element configured to selectively engage a surgical mask covering a nose and a mouth of the user such that when the at least one attachment element is selectively engaged with the surgical mask, the face mask is between i) a portion of the surgical mask covering the nose and mouth of the user, and ii) the connector.