CN212545718U - Disposable protective mask - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a disposable protective mask, which comprises a face mask and hanging ropes with adjustable length of the side parts of the face mask, wherein a transverse shaping nose bridge strip is arranged in the middle of the upper edge part of the face mask, a transverse shaping supporting strip is arranged in the middle of the lower edge part of the face mask, sleeve holes which extend along the width direction of the face mask and are used for the hanging ropes to pass are arranged on the two sides of the face mask, and the side parts of the face mask can be gathered along the width direction by tightening the hanging ropes; the design nose bridge strip, design support bar and the adjustable lateral part that gathers together the face guard improve the laminating degree in four directions of face guard jointly to make whole structural design avoid wearing the back on the existing market because the gauze mask obviously perks all around, the gas tightness is not strong, leads to the problem that protective effect reduces.

Description

Disposable protective mask

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a medical or civil mask, in particular to a disposable protective mask.

Background

The disposable protective mask comprises a disposable medical mask, a medical surgical mask and the like. In daily life, the disposable protective mask can protect the oral cavity and the nasal cavity, prevent dust and floccule from being sucked into coarse grains, and prevent respiratory tract infection to a certain extent.

The disposable protective mask is made of more than three layers of non-woven fabrics, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are hot-pressed non-woven fabrics, the middle layer is melt-blown non-woven fabrics, and the multi-layer fabrics are formed by ultrasonic pressing. The ear belt is welded on the two sides of the mask through ultrasonic waves, a plastic strip is arranged at the position of the nose bridge, and the mask is attached to the face through the deformable plastic strip.

Patent document with publication number CN 207185997U discloses a disposable protective mask, the upper side end of the mask body is provided with a nose bridge strip, the lower side end of the mask body is further connected with a loosening piece, and the lower side edge of the mask body can be better buckled on the chin of a wearer.

Patent document No. CN 205987997U discloses a mask, which is a three-dimensional mask, wherein a sheet covering the face and chin of the user is disposed at the lower edge of the mask body, elastic strings are disposed at two sides of the mask body, two ends of the elastic strings are fixed on the mask body, and an adjusting ring is disposed on the elastic strings for adjusting the length of the elastic strings.

Patent document No. CN 209883132U discloses a mask, which comprises a mask body and ear hooks disposed on the left and right sides of the mask body, wherein a bottom side protection strip is disposed at the bottom of the mask body, and the bottom side protection strip can be attached to the chin of a human body when the mask is worn.

The inventor of the present invention has found in practice that, in the mask disclosed in the above patent document, when the mask is worn, the mask is not tightly attached to the face of the user, that is, there is a gap between the side of the mask and the cheek, or there is a gap between the lower part of the mask and the chin of the user; therefore, dust, virus, bacteria and the like in the air cannot be effectively filtered, and the protective effect of the mask is weakened.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a disposable protective mask which is more attached to the face of a human body and has better protective performance is provided.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem provided does: disposable protective facial mask, hang the rope with adjustable including face guard and face guard lateral part length, the face guard nearly go up the edge part between two parties and be equipped with horizontal design bridge of the nose strip, the face guard nearly lower edge part between two parties be equipped with horizontal design support bar, the face guard both sides be equipped with the confession that extends along face guard width direction hang the trepanning that the rope passed, take out tightly hang the rope and can make the face guard lateral part gather together along width direction, design bridge of the nose strip, design support bar and adjustable face guard lateral part improve the laminating degree in four directions of face guard jointly.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the hanging rope is a strip-shaped rope with two free ends or a ring-shaped closed rope loop; the strip-shaped rope or the rope ring comprises a first section and a second section which are led out from the side part of the mask, and an adjusting part used for adjusting the tightness of the hanging rope during wearing is arranged on the first section and the second section.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the adjusting component comprises a first pressing part and a second pressing part, one end of the first pressing part is connected with the other end of the second pressing part, the other end of the first pressing part can be opened and closed, and when the first pressing part and the second pressing part are closed, the first pressing part and the second pressing part provide pre-tightening force to clamp the first section and the second section of the hanging rope.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the two hanging ropes respectively penetrate through the corresponding trepanning holes to form side hanging lugs of the mask; or a hanging rope simultaneously passes through the trepanning holes on the two sides so as to form an upper hanging belt and a lower hanging belt on the upper side and the lower side of the mask respectively.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the face mask comprises a first surface and a second surface which are opposite, the second surface is used for facing the face of a user, two sides of the face mask are bent from the second surface to the first surface to form covered edges, and the side edges of the covered edges are fixed on the first surface to form the trepanning on the two sides of the face mask.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the edge-covering side edge is welded on the first surface through ultrasonic waves; or the edge of the edge cover is sewn on the first surface.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the face mask is a plane face mask or a three-dimensional face mask, and the trepanning penetrates from the upper edge part of the face mask to the lower edge part of the face mask.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the shaping nose bridge strip or the shaping support strip is a metal strip or a plastic adhesive tape or an encapsulated metal strip.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the length of the shaping support bar is more than two thirds of the length of the mask.

The utility model discloses a further optimized technical scheme does: the shaping support bar is detachably arranged on the lower edge part of the mask.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that the lateral part of design bridge of the nose strip, design support bar and adjustable and the face guard of gathering together improves the laminating degree in four directions of face guard jointly to make whole structural design avoid wearing the back on the existing market because the gauze mask obviously sticks up all around, the gas tightness is not strong, leads to the problem that protecting effect reduces.

Drawings

The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are only drawn for the purpose of explaining the preferred embodiments, and therefore should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, unless specifically stated otherwise, the drawings are merely schematic representations based on conceptual representations of elements or structures depicted and may contain exaggerated displays and are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a mask according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a plane exploded view of the mask according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a first perspective view of a mask according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a mask according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a usage state of the mask according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a first schematic view illustrating an open state of an adjustment member according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a second schematic view illustrating an open state of the adjustment member according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 6 according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of a closed state of an adjusting member according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a schematic plan view of a mask according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a plane exploded view of a mask according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a first perspective view of a mask according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a second perspective view of the mask according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a mask according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the description is illustrative only, and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numerals refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it may not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or positional relationship that the products of the present invention are usually placed when used, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element to which the term refers must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment provides a disposable ear-band type protective mask, which includes a mask 100 and a hanging string 200 with adjustable lengths at both sides of the mask 100. The face mask 100 is a flat face mask made of three or more layers of nonwoven fabric, wherein the inner and outer layers are hot-pressed nonwoven fabrics, the middle layer is melt-blown nonwoven fabric, and the multilayer fabric is formed by ultrasonic compression.

Preferably, the planar mask 100 is provided with a plurality of rows of pleats 01 extending in a length direction, the pleats 01 extending outward to the side edges of the mask 100, and the pleats 01 are arranged to be stretched when worn to increase the width of the mask 100 and form a stereoscopic shape suitable for the human face.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 5, a transverse shaped nose bridge strip 02 is centrally disposed on the mask 100 near the upper edge 1, and a transverse shaped support strip 03 is centrally disposed on the mask 100 near the lower edge 2. The shaped nose bridge strip 02 may be pressed into a shape to fit the bridge of the nose of the user's face, thereby enabling the upper edge 1 of the mask 100 to fit the face of the person. And can be when the face guard 100 cladding to the downside of people's face chin, design support bar 03 can warp under the exogenic action and buckle face guard 100 lower limb portion 2 on the chin of wearer better, avoids the lower limb portion 2 of gauze mask to rise the problem of warping.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, two sides of the mask 100 are provided with trepannions 04 extending along the width direction of the mask 100 for the hanging ropes 200 to pass through, and the two hanging ropes 200 respectively pass through the corresponding trepannions 04 to form side hangers of the mask. The tightening of the hanging string 200 can gather the side portions 4 of the mask 100 in the width direction. Therefore, when the user wears the mask, the side portions 4 of the mask 100 are gathered into the shape and size corresponding to the cheeks according to the characteristics of the facial structure of each user, so that the wrapping performance of the side portions of the mask 100 on the cheeks on the two sides of the user is improved, and the sealing effect is effectively improved.

To sum up, the design nose bridge strip 02, the design support bar 03 and the adjustable lateral part 4 of the face mask 100 improve the fitting degree of the face mask 100 in four directions together, so that the whole structural design avoids the problem that the protective effect is reduced due to the fact that the periphery of the face mask is obviously tilted and the air tightness is not strong after the face mask is worn on the current market.

It should be understood that the structure of the shaped nose bridge strip 02, the shaped support strip 03, and the adjustable side portions 4 of the mask 100 may be applied to a stereoscopic mask, the mask 100 of which is a stereoscopic mask, in addition to the above-described planar mask.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3 to 4, the mask 100 includes a first surface 100a and a second surface 100b opposite to each other, the second surface 100b is configured to face the face of the user, both sides of the mask 100 are bent from the second surface 100b to the first surface 100a to form a hem, and the side edge 3 of the hem is fixed to the first surface 100a, so that the aforementioned trepan hole 04 for passing the hanging string 200 is formed on both sides of the mask 100. Further, the trepan 04 preferably penetrates from the upper edge portion 1 of the mask 100 to the lower edge portion 2 of the mask 100.

By the design, the second surface 100b of the mask 100 is kept integral, so that the side of the mask facing the face of a person is kept smooth and flat. Therefore, the wearing comfort of the user is improved, and the side parts 4 of the mask 100 can be tightly attached to the cheek parts at both sides without other interference objects, so that the attaching degree of the mask and the face is improved, and the protection effect is enhanced.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the edge 3 of the edge is ultrasonically welded to the first surface 100a, and the ultrasonic welding does not damage the fiber texture of the non-woven fabric of the mask, so as to maintain the air tightness of the mask, and has strong connection strength and high production efficiency. Of course, in addition to this, the trepan 04 may be formed by sewing the hemmed side edge 3 to the first surface 100 a.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the shaped nose bridge strip 02 and the shaped support strip 03 may be made of a metal strip, a plastic adhesive strip, an encapsulated metal strip, or silica gel, and thus the shaped nose bridge strip 02 and the shaped support strip 03 are attached to the corresponding position of the face of the user by bending with an external force when actually worn, so as to enhance the protection effect.

Preferably, the shaped nose bridge strips 02 and the shaped support strips 03 are plastic adhesive strips made of polyolefin resin, which are like metal wires and have the excellent performance of bending and deforming along with the action of external force, not rebounding after losing the action of external force and keeping the existing shape unchanged, can be fused with non-woven fabric materials similarly, and play a role in attaching the mask of the face mask 100 to the face.

It will be appreciated that when the user wears the mask, as shown in fig. 5, the mask 100 is unfolded such that the upper edge 1 of the mask 100 is located at the bridge of the nose, the lower edge 2 of the mask 100 is located at the chin, and the side portions 4 of the mask 100 are fitted to the cheeks by adjusting the hanging string 200. In the process, the two sides of the lower edge part 2 of the face mask 100 are lifted upwards, so that the lower edge part 2 of the face mask 100 is deformed to form a pocket-shaped arc shape, and at the moment, the shaping support bar 03 can be deformed in an arc shape along with the deformation of the face mask 100, so that the lower edge part 2 of the face mask 100 is tightly attached to the chin. Moreover, the user can further press the shaping support bar 03 to enhance the fit degree of the mask 100 and the human face, so that the protection effect is enhanced.

As shown in fig. 1, the length of the shaped support band 03 is greater than two-thirds the length of the mask 100. Preferably, the length of the shaped support strip 03 is substantially the same as the length of the lower edge 2 of the mask 100, so that the mask 100 can be tightly fastened to the chin of the user, and the situation that the lower edge 2 of the mask 100 is warped to cause poor protection can be avoided.

According to the specifications of different masks, the length of the shaping nose bridge strip 02 is 3-8CM, and the length of the shaping support strip 03 is 10-18 CM.

In this embodiment, the shaped nose bridge strips 02 and the shaped support strips 03 are welded between the plurality of layers of non-woven fabrics of the mask by an ultrasonic welding process.

Of course, other mounting means such as adhesive bonding may be secured. For example: the shaped support bars 03 can also be detachably arranged on the mask 100 near the lower edge 2. Specifically, a fixing sleeve made of non-woven fabric and having two open side ends is transversely disposed near the lower edge 2 of the first surface 100a, and the fixing sleeve and the first surface 100a are fixed by ultrasonic welding. And the shaping support bar 03 is detachably arranged in the fixing sleeve in a penetrating way. When the user does not need to shape the support bar 03, the shape-forming support bar 03 can be taken out, so that the requirements of different groups on the mask are met.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, the present embodiment, as a specific embodiment of the length-adjustable structure of the mask hanging string 200, includes a hanging string 200 connected to a side portion of the mask 100 and an adjusting member 300 provided on the hanging string 200.

As shown in fig. 1, 6 and 9, in the present embodiment, the hanging string 200 is inserted into the trepan 04 at the side of the mask 100, so as to lead out the first segment 200a and the second segment 200 b. The adjusting member 300 includes a first pressing portion 300a and a second pressing portion 300b, which are oppositely disposed, and when the first pressing portion 300a and the second pressing portion 300b abut against each other, a pre-tightening force is provided to clamp the first segment 200a and the second segment 200b of the lanyard 200; to release the first and second sections 200a and 200b of the lanyard 200 when the first and second compression portions 300a and 300b are separated.

Therefore, the arrangement can facilitate the assembly of the hanging rope 200 and the adjusting part 300 in the production process of the mask hanging rope 200, the adjusting part 300 only needs to be opened, the hanging rope 200 is arranged between the first pressing part 300a and the second pressing part 300b and then folded, the rope threading procedure is not needed, the assembly is easy and labor-saving, and the production cost is low. In addition, when the user uses the mask, if the cord is accidentally separated from the adjusting piece, the user can easily recover the mask by opening and closing the adjusting part 300.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the hanging rope 200 is a strip-shaped rope having two free ends, and the first section 200a and the second section 200b outside the adjusting member 300 each have one free end. Of course, the hanging rope 200 may be a ring-shaped closed loop, and the first section 200a and the second section 200b outside the adjusting member 300 are integrated with each other.

In this embodiment, the pretightening force provided by the first pressing part 300a and the second pressing part 300b is to keep the adjusting component 300 at the constant position of the hanging rope 200 when no pulling force is applied to the hanging rope 200; when pulling force is applied to the hanging rope 200, the adjusting part 300 can move on the hanging rope 200, so that the unfolding degree or the gathering degree of the side part of the mask 100 can be adjusted by pulling the hanging rope 200, the length and tightness of the hanging rope 200 can be adjusted when the mask is worn, the mask is kept in a state of being most attached to the face, and the wearing comfort of a user is enhanced.

As shown in fig. 6 to 9, one sides of the first and second pressing parts 300a and 300b are coupled by a flexible coupling part 300c, and the other sides of the first and second pressing parts 300a and 300b are coupled by a detachable snap assembly. Thus, the first and second pressing parts 300a and 300b are folded back from each other by the coupling part 300c to make the first and second pressing parts 300a and 300b opposed or separated to achieve opening or closing of the regulating member 300.

Preferably, the snap assembly includes a snap hole 11 on the first pressing part 300a and a snap tongue 12 on the second pressing part 300b, the snap tongue 12 is snapped into the snap hole 11 to press the first pressing part 300a and the second pressing part 300 b. The latch 12 leaves the latch hole 11, and unlocks the first pressing part 300a and the second pressing part 300b, so that the first pressing part and the second pressing part can be separated from each other, thereby opening the adjusting member 300.

As shown in fig. 6 to 9, in the present embodiment, two first pressing ribs 31 are provided on the inner side surface of the first pressing portion 300a, two corresponding second pressing ribs 32 are provided on the inner side surface of the second pressing portion 300b, and the first pressing ribs 31 and the second pressing ribs 32 maintain a spacing distance smaller than the diameter of the hanging rope 200. In order to allow the lanyard 200 to be pulled and moved between the first crimp 31 and the second crimp 32, the first crimp 31 and the second crimp 32 are larger than the minimum deformation diameter of the lanyard 200.

It should be noted that the front ends of the first pressing rib 31 and the second pressing rib 32 have a small area to act on the lanyard 200, so that the friction force between the front ends and the lanyard 200 is small, and the lanyard 200 can be drawn and moved in the adjustment member 300. Of course, the front end of the first pressing rib 31 or the second pressing rib 32 is sharp, circular or flat.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, a first groove 301 with two open sides is disposed on the middle section of the first pressing portion 300a, and a second groove 302 is disposed on the first pressing portion 300 a. The two first pressing edges 31 are parallelly bridged between the two groove walls of the first groove 301 and are symmetrical to each other; two second ribs 32 bridge the two groove walls of the second groove 302. The lanyard 200 is placed in a substantially vertical orientation between the first crush rib 31 and the second crush rib 32.

Preferably, the first pressing edge 31 or the second pressing edge 32 comprises an inner vertical surface 07 and an outer inclined surface 08, and the vertical surface 07 and the inclined surface 08 intersect to form a sharp edge 09 acting on the hanging rope 200.

Further preferably, in the present embodiment, the adjusting component 300 has a simple structure, does not need other assembling parts, and can be integrally injection-molded by plastic, thereby further reducing the production cost.

It should be understood that the first pressing part 300a or the second pressing part 300b of the adjustment member 300 integrally injection-molded by plastic has a certain deformation capability, and when a user applies an external force inwards to both sides of the adjustment member 300, the distance between the first pressing rib 31 and the second pressing rib 32 becomes larger, so that the user can more easily pull the lanyard 200, and when the external force is removed, the adjustment member 300 is restored to be deformed, so that the lanyard 200 is more firmly held in the middle.

Example two

As shown in fig. 10 to 14, the present embodiment provides a disposable head-wearing protective mask, which is different from the first embodiment in the way of threading the hanging rope, and the other structure is the same as the first embodiment, and only the difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment will be described below.

The disposable head-mounted protective mask includes a mask 100 'and an adjustable hanging string 200' inserted through the side of the mask. Both sides of the mask 100 'are provided with eyelets 04' extending in the width direction of the mask 100 'for the hanging strings 200' to pass through, and one hanging string simultaneously passes through both eyelets to form an upper hanging band B 'and a lower hanging band A' on the upper and lower sides of the mask, respectively.

In the actual mask wearing process, a user holds the mask with hands and fixes the mask on the face, the upper hanging belt B 'is pulled over the top of the head and is arranged above the top of the head, and the lower hanging belt A' is pulled over the top of the head and is arranged below the ears behind the neck, so that wearing is realized. And the side portion 4' of the mask 100' can be gathered in the width direction by tightening the hanging string 200 '. Therefore, when the user wears the mask, the side portions 4' of the mask 100' are gathered into the shape and size which are matched with the cheeks according to the characteristics of the facial structure of each user, so that the wrapping performance of the side portions of the mask 100' on the cheeks on the two sides of the user is improved, and the sealing effect is effectively improved.

Moreover, the design of the head-wearing hanging rope can further enhance the fit degree of the mask and the face, and compared with the ear-belt hanging rope, the head-wearing hanging rope is more comfortable to use and is not easy to hang the ears.

As shown in FIG. 10, the mask 100 'has a transversely shaped nose bridge strip 02' centered near the upper edge 1 'and a transversely shaped support strip 03' centered near the lower edge 2 'of the mask 100'.

In conclusion, the fixing nose bridge strips 02', the fixing support strips 03' and the adjustable side parts 4' of the mask 100' jointly improve the fitting degree of the mask 100' in four directions, so that the whole structural design avoids the problem that the protective effect is reduced due to the fact that the periphery of the mask is obviously tilted and the air tightness is not strong after the mask is worn on the current market.

It should be noted that the specific implementation of the mask, the trepanning, the shaped nose bridge strip and the shaped support strip is the same as that of the first embodiment.

As shown in fig. 10, in the present embodiment, the hanging rope 200' is provided with an adjusting member 300' at the upper hanging strap to adjust the length of the hanging rope 200 '. The first section 200a ' and the second section 200b ' are respectively led out from trepanning holes on two sides of the mask by the hanging rope 200', and the first section 200a ' and the second section 200b ' are simultaneously pressed and held in the adjusting part, so that the adjustment of the hanging rope is realized. It should be noted that the embodiment of the adjusting member 300' described in the present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment.

It is right above the utility model provides a disposable protective facial mask has carried out the detailed introduction, and it is right to have used specific individual example herein the utility model discloses a principle and implementation mode have been elucidated, and the description of above embodiment is only used for helping to understand the utility model discloses and core thought. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, the present invention can be further modified and modified, and such modifications and modifications also fall within the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. Disposable protective facial mask, its characterized in that hangs the rope with adjustable including face guard and face guard lateral part length, the face guard be close to the upper edge portion and be equipped with horizontal design bridge of the nose strip between two parties, the face guard be close to the lower edge portion and be equipped with horizontal design support bar between two parties, the face guard both sides be equipped with the confession that extends along face guard width direction hang the trepanning that the rope passed, take out tightly hang the rope and can make the face guard lateral part gather together along width direction, design bridge of the nose strip, design support bar and adjustable face guard lateral part improve the laminating degree in four directions of face guard jointly.

2. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said hanging cord is a strip cord with two free ends or a looped closed cord; the strip-shaped rope or the rope ring comprises a first section and a second section which are led out from the mask, and an adjusting part used for adjusting the tightness of the hanging rope during wearing is arranged on the first section and the second section.

3. The disposable protective mask of claim 2 wherein said adjustment means comprises a first and a second pressing portions with one end connected and the other end openable, said first and second pressing portions providing a pre-tightening force to clamp said first and second segments of said lanyard when said first and second pressing portions are closed.

4. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein the two straps each pass through a respective eyelet to form a side ear loop of the mask; or a hanging rope simultaneously passes through the trepanning holes on the two sides so as to form an upper hanging belt and a lower hanging belt on the upper side and the lower side of the mask respectively.

5. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said face shield includes opposing first and second surfaces, said second surface adapted to face the user's face, said face shield having sides bent from said second surface toward said first surface to form hems, said hems having side edges secured to said first surface to form said perforations on said sides of said face shield.

6. The disposable protective mask of claim 5 wherein the hem edge is ultrasonically welded to said first surface; or the edge of the edge cover is sewn on the first surface.

7. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said face shield is a flat face shield or a three-dimensional face shield and said apertures extend from the upper edge of the face shield to the lower edge of the face shield.

8. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said shaped nose bridge strip or shaped support strip is a metal strip or plastic strip or encapsulated metal strip.

9. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said shaped support strip is greater than two thirds the length of said mask.

10. The disposable protective mask of claim 1 wherein said shaped support strip is removably disposed proximate to the lower edge of the mask.

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