JP6412606B2 - mask - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mask that covers the nose, mouth, and the like of a wearer's face.

There are masks that are used in daily life, such as when illnesses, pollen, yellow sand, etc., and other daily life, have pleats formed on the mask body and can be deployed vertically when worn. Yes.
A mask formed with such pleats can be developed in the vertical direction, and the size can be easily adjusted by adjusting the degree of pleat development according to the movement of the mouth and the size of the face. Depending on how the pleats are folded, the mouth space may become narrower or the mouth space may be crushed by breathing.
In view of this, there is one that secures a mouth space by inserting a reinforcing member at the center in the vertical direction of the mask (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-97904 A

  Since the lower lip mainly moves during breathing and conversation, the reinforcing member needs to secure a sufficient space between the mask body and the lower lip. However, in the mask described in Patent Document 1, since the reinforcing member is provided in the central portion in the vertical direction of the mask, this is often located between the upper and lower lips of the wearer, and is sufficiently near the lower lip. Was not able to secure a large space.

  An object of this invention is to provide the mask which can ensure sufficient space near lower lip.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1,
A mask body that covers the target portion of the face of the destination for business, a mask comprising a pair of left and right ear shell, the for locking the mask body in the ear of the wearer,
The mask main body part is formed by laminating three or more sheet materials, and includes a mouth reinforcing member that secures a gap between the wearer's mouth and the mask main body part, and a plurality of pleats that expand in the vertical direction. Prepared,
The pleats are formed above the center of the mask main body in the up-down direction, and are formed in an upper pleat that is a fold that protrudes upward and below the center of the mask main body in the up-down direction. And a lower pleat that is a crease that protrudes downward,
The mouth reinforcing member is stored in a bag-like space formed by connecting the sheet material other than the sheet material farthest from the wearer and without connecting the sheet material furthest from the wearer, and the mask. It is provided in the lower part rather than the vertical direction center part of the main-body part.

The invention according to claim 2 is the mask according to claim 1 ,
The arrangement interval of the pleats in the vertical direction is the widest in a portion including the central portion of the mask main body in the vertical direction.
According to the present invention, when the mask is worn, it is possible to prevent a crease from being formed in the vicinity of the center of the mask main body that faces the wearer's mouth, and to secure a space for the wearer's mouth. It becomes easy to do.

The invention according to claim 3 is the mask according to claim 1 or 2 ,
A plurality of the upper pleats and the lower pleats are provided.
According to the present invention, it becomes easy to adjust the spread of the mask in both the upper and lower portions of the mask.

Invention of Claim 4 is set in the mask as described in any one of Claims 1-3 ,
The arrangement intervals of the pleats are all different.
According to the present invention, it is possible to change the arrangement interval for each pleat and arrange the pleats at appropriate positions.

The invention according to claim 5 is the mask according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
The mask main body includes a nose reinforcing member at an upper portion.
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the adhesiveness of a mask main-body part upper part can be improved, and it can prevent that a clearance gap produces between a mask main-body part and a wearer's face.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the mask which can ensure sufficient space near lower lip can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the mask which concerns on embodiment. It is a front view which shows the mask which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing in the III-III part of FIG. It is a front view which shows the mask which concerns on a modification.

Hereinafter, specific modes of the mask according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated examples, and is determined based on the description of the claims.
In the following description, the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction, front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom are defined as shown in FIG. 2 and 4, the front side of the figure is the front and the back side of the figure is the rear. In FIG. 3, the front side of the figure is the right side and the back side of the figure is the left side.

(Configuration of the embodiment)
(overall structure)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mask 100 includes a mask main body 1 that covers the nose, mouth, chin, and the like of the wearer's face, and a right for locking the mask main body 1 to the wearer's right ear. An ear hook 2 and a left ear hook 3 for locking the mask main body 1 to the wearer's left ear are provided. The mask 100 is worn with the rear side facing the wearer's face.

(Mask body)
The mask main body 1 includes a sheet portion 11, a nose portion reinforcing member 12 attached near the upper end portion of the sheet portion 11, and a mouth portion reinforcing member 13 attached near the center in the vertical direction of the sheet portion 11.

(Sheet part)
As shown in FIG. 2, the sheet portion 11 is a sheet-like member formed in a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and is formed by laminating a plurality of sheet materials.
The sheet portion 11 is formed in a Y direction of 120 mm to 210 mm, preferably 145 mm to 175 mm, and a Z direction of 70 mm to 100 mm, preferably 80 mm to 90 mm.

The sheet | seat part 11 is formed by laminating | stacking a sheet | seat material in three layers in order of the front side non-woven cloth, the filter, and the rear surface side non-woven cloth, for example. Specific examples of the sheet material include polypropylene spunbond, polyethylene spunbond, and nylon spunbond as non-woven cloth. In addition, polypropylene melt blow, rayon spun bond or the like is used as the filter.
Most preferably, nylon spunbond is used as the non-woven fabric and polypropylene melt blow is used as the filter.

In addition, the layer structure of the sheet | seat part 11 is not restricted to said thing, For example, a sheet material may be further added and it may be set as the further multilayered structure, and you may form with fewer sheet materials.
After these sheet materials are stacked, the upper and lower and left and right end portions are welded, for example, by heat or ultrasonic waves in a folded state so that upper pleats 111 and lower pleats 112 and 112 described later are formed. Thus, the sheet portion 11 is formed.

(Pleats)
The seat portion 11 is folded up and down as shown in FIG. 3, and as a result, an upper pleat 111 and lower pleats 112 and 112 are formed on the front side as shown in FIGS. Yes. When the mask 100 is worn, the sheet portion 11 is expanded in the vertical direction so that the sheet portion 11 bulges outward, so that the nose, mouth, chin, etc. of the wearer's face are covered. It has become.

(Upper pleats)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the upper pleat 111 is a fold that is formed above the center of the front surface of the seat portion 11 and protrudes upward, and can be expanded in the vertical direction. In the present embodiment, the upper pleat 111 is provided at one location of the seat portion 11.

(Lower pleats)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lower pleats 112 and 112 are folds that are formed below the center of the front surface of the seat portion 11 and project downward, and can be expanded in the vertical direction. it can. In the present embodiment, the lower pleats 112 and 112 are provided at two locations on the seat portion 11.

(Pleated arrangement interval)
In the present embodiment, the upper pleat 111 and the lower pleats 112 and 112 are provided in the seat portion 11 at the following arrangement intervals. Note that the pleat arrangement interval includes the interval between the upper pleat 111 and the upper edge of the mask and the interval between the lower pleats 112 and 112 formed below and the lower edge of the mask.

  First, the upper pleat 111 and the lower pleats 112 and 112 include the central portion in the vertical direction of the seat portion 11, and the interval between the upper pleat 111 and the lower pleats 112 and 112 formed above is the interval between them. It is formed to be the widest. Specifically, the portion is formed so as to have a width of one third or more of the width in the vertical direction of the sheet portion 11.

  Furthermore, it is desirable that the upper pleat 111 and the lower pleats 112 and 112 are arranged such that their arrangement intervals are all different.

  The upper and lower widths of the folded portion formed in each pleat may be the same in all pleats, or may be different for each pleat. For example, if the width of the folded portion is the same in all pleats, the sheet portion 11 can be evenly expanded in each pleat. Further, if the width of the folded portion is widened in the upper pleat 111, the upper portion of the sheet portion 11 can be greatly widened. If the width of the folded portion is widened in the lower pleats 112 and 112, the lower portion of the sheet portion 11 is greatly widened. Is possible.

(Nose reinforcement member)
The nose portion reinforcing member 12 is provided so that no gap is formed along the shape of the vicinity of the wearer's nose at the upper portion of the mask main body portion 1. As shown in FIG. It is provided along the edge.
The nose portion reinforcing member 12 is a member having a long plasticity in the left-right direction, and is shorter than the lateral width of the seat portion 11 as shown in FIG. 2 and has a length of about 80-135 mm, preferably about 90 mm-120 mm in the left-right direction. It is formed to have.

  As the material of the nose reinforcing member 12, any material having plasticity can be used. For example, polypropylene resin, polyethylene resin, polyethylene terephthalate resin, etc. are used, and most preferably, polypropylene resin is used. .

  For example, the nose reinforcing member 12 can be used to form a bag-like space whose shape substantially coincides with that of the nose reinforcing member 12 by fusing the sheet material forming the seat 11 back and forth using heat, ultrasonic waves, or the like. By forming and housing the nose reinforcing member 12 in the space, it is attached to the seat portion 11.

(Mouth reinforcement member)
The mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is for securing a gap between the vicinity of the wearer's mouth and the mask main body portion 1, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper pleat 111 of the seat portion 11. And the lower pleats 112, 112 are provided at positions between those formed above.
The mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is a member having long plasticity in the left-right direction, and is slightly shorter than the lateral width of the sheet portion 11 as shown in FIG. 2, and is 100 to 150 mm in the left-right direction, preferably about 115 mm to 145 mm. It is formed to have a thickness.

  As the material of the mouth portion reinforcing member 13, any material having plasticity can be used. For example, as with the nose portion reinforcing member 12, polypropylene resin, polyethylene resin, polyethylene terephthalate resin, etc. are used, and the most preferable. For this, polypropylene resin is used.

  The mouth reinforcing member 13 is attached slightly below the central portion in the vertical direction of the seat portion 11. Specifically, it is desirable that the sheet portion 11 is attached at a position shifted from 5 mm to 10 mm below the central portion in the vertical direction.

The mouth reinforcing member 13 is similar in shape to the mouth reinforcing member 13 by, for example, fusing the sheet material forming the sheet portion back and forth using heat, ultrasonic waves, or the like, like the nose reinforcing member 12. A substantially matching bag-shaped space is formed, and the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is accommodated in the space, so that the seat portion 11 is attached.
At this time, if the above-mentioned bag-shaped space is formed by avoiding the sheet material at the foremost part of the sheet portion 11, it is difficult to visually recognize the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 from the front, which is desirable from the viewpoint of the appearance of the mask 100.

(Ear hook)
The right ear hook 2 and the left ear hook 3 are string-like members formed of polyurethane or the like, for example. The right ear hook 2 is on the right side of the mask main body 1 and the left ear hook 3 is the mask main body. 1 on the left side. The right ear hook portion 2 and the left ear hook portion 3 are attached to the end portions of the sheet portion 11 by welding, for example, with heat, ultrasonic waves, or the like.

(Specific arrangement method)
In the mask 100 according to this embodiment, the upper pleat 111, the lower pleats 112 and 112, and the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 are arranged as follows, for example, when the sheet portion 11 has a width of 90 mm in the vertical direction. .
First, the upper pleat 111 is disposed at a position 25 mm from the upper end of the sheet portion 11 so that a crease is disposed between the nose and the mouth.
Moreover, the upper one of the lower pleats 112 and 112 is disposed at a position 40 mm from the upper pleat 111 so that the mouth portion of the wearer is covered with a portion where the seat portion 11 is not folded.
Further, the lower one of the lower pleats 112 and 112 is disposed at a position 15 mm from the upper one of the lower pleats 112 so as to wrap around under the jaw.
Further, the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is disposed at a position shifted by 5 mm downward from the vertical central portion of the mask main body portion 1.

(Effect of embodiment)
According to the mask 100 according to the present embodiment, the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 for securing the space of the wearer's mouth is attached slightly below the central portion in the vertical direction of the mask main body portion 1. As a result, when the mask 100 is worn, a space near the lower lip can be secured by the mouth reinforcing member 13, and it is difficult to touch the mask 100 when the lower lip moves for conversation or breathing. Moreover, it can also prevent that the mouth part reinforcement member 13 becomes obstructive of breathing by coming to the front of the opening part of a wearer's mouth.

  Further, since the pleat interval is widest in the vicinity of the central portion in the vertical direction of the mask main body 1, when the mask 100 is worn, a crease is formed in the vicinity of the central portion in the vertical direction of the mask main body 1 facing the wearer's mouth. It can be prevented from being formed. Thereby, it becomes easy to ensure the space of the wearer's mouth.

  Further, an upper pleat 111 that is a fold that protrudes upward is formed above the central portion of the mask main body 1 in the vertical direction, and protrudes downward below the central portion of the mask main body 1 in the vertical direction. Lower pleats that are folds are formed. This makes it easier to expand the mask body 1 up and down around the center in the vertical direction of the mask body 1.

  Moreover, when all the arrangement | positioning intervals of a pleat differ, an arrangement | positioning space | interval can be changed for every pleat and it can arrange | position in an appropriate position.

(Modification 1)
A mask 100A according to the modification shown in FIG. 4 includes upper pleats 111 and 111 at two locations. The rest of the configuration is the same as in the above embodiment.
According to this modification, a plurality of the upper pleats 111 and 111 and the lower pleats 112 and 112 are provided, so that it is easy to adjust the spread state at both the upper and lower portions of the mask.

In the mask 100A according to this modification, the upper pleats 111 and 111, the lower pleats 112 and 112, and the mouth reinforcing member 13 are arranged as follows, for example, when the sheet portion 11A has a width of 90 mm in the vertical direction. Is done.
First, the upper one of the upper pleats 111 and 111 is disposed at a position of 10 mm from the upper end of the seat portion 11A so that a crease is disposed at the tip of the nose.
Further, the lower one of the upper pleats 111 and 111 is arranged at a position 15 mm from the upper one of the upper pleats 111 and 111 so that a crease is arranged between the nose and the mouth.
In addition, the upper one of the lower pleats 112 and 112 is arranged at a position 40 mm from the lower one of the upper pleats 111 and 111 so that the mouth portion of the wearer is covered with the unfolded portion of the seat portion 11. Is done.
Further, the lower one of the lower pleats 112 and 112 is disposed at a position 20 mm from the upper one of the lower pleats 112 and 112 so as to cover the jaw.
Further, the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is disposed at a position shifted by 10 mm downward from the vertical central portion of the mask main body portion 1.

The number of upper pleats and lower pleats is not limited to that shown in the figure. For example, upper pleats may be provided at three or more locations, and lower pleats may be provided at only one location or at three or more locations.
Further, for example, the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 may be disposed in a portion that is folded back by the lower pleat 112 and is located inside the seat portion 11. In this case, the position of the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 can be moved up and down depending on how the lower pleat 112 is opened. In addition, when the lower pleat 112 is not opened, the portion of the seat portion 11 to which the mouth portion reinforcing member 13 is attached cannot be viewed from the front, so that the appearance of the mask 100 can be improved.

100 Mask 1 Mask Body 111 Upper Pleated (Pleated)
112 Lower Pleated (Pleated)
12 Nose reinforcement member 13 Mouth reinforcement member 2 Right ear hook (ear hook)
3 Left ear hook (ear hook)

Claims (5)

A mask comprising a mask main body that covers a target portion of a wearer's face, and a pair of left and right ear hooks for locking the mask main body to the wearer's ear,
The mask main body part is formed by laminating three or more sheet materials, and includes a mouth reinforcing member that secures a gap between the wearer's mouth and the mask main body part, and a plurality of pleats that expand in the vertical direction. Prepared,
The pleats are formed above the center of the mask main body in the up-down direction, and are formed in an upper pleat that is a fold that protrudes upward and below the center of the mask main body in the up-down direction. And a lower pleat that is a crease that protrudes downward,
The mouth reinforcing member is stored in a bag-like space formed by connecting the sheet material other than the sheet material farthest from the wearer and without connecting the sheet material furthest from the wearer, and the mask. A mask characterized by being provided below the central part of the main body in the vertical direction. 2. The mask according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical arrangement interval of the pleats is widest in a portion including a vertical central portion of the mask main body. Wherein the upper pleat and the lower pleat together mask according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that provided more. The mask according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the arrangement intervals of the pleats are all different. The mask body, the mask according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that it comprises a nose portion reinforcing member at the top.

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