US730357A - Fan-mask. - Google Patents

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PATENTEDY JUN-E 9, 1903. P. ESGH-ENBAOH. A

FAN MASK. APPLICATION FILED MB. 5. 1903.

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W n w 1% UNITED STATES fPatented (Tune 9, 1903.

PAULESCHENBAOH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FAN-MAS K.

srncrrrcnrron forming part f Letters Patent No. 730,357, dated June e, 1903.

i Application filed February 5, 1903- Serial No.'l42,041. No model),

:To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL ESOHENBACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gin cinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State- This invention relates to improvements in' masks; and it consists in a mask which is formed of a fan having portions cut out to fit the features of a face, so that the face is disguised by applying the fan thereto. 7 It also consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangementsof parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a fan, showing the lower part of a face with an aperture made for the insertion of a nose. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the fanmask with the nose and one eye out out.

The invention has for its object the production of a fan which may be used as a mask, the fan being applied to the face of a person so that the features of the person are partially covered and partially disguised. As embodying the invention in a practical formI have illustrated the mask as a fan in Fig. 1, where the lower portion of a face is represented upon the fan, the mouth and chin being intact, while the upper portion of the face is cut away and a recess or notch is formed just above the mouth to receive the nose of aperson using the mask. The bodyportion of the fan 1 can thus be provided with any desirable configuration. The fan may be cut out at only one feature, as at 2, (shown in Fig; 1,) for receiving merely the nose of the person using the fan-mask. As shown in Fig. 2, a second feature, as 3, either an eye or some other portion of the face maybe removed for varying the design and disguise. In Fig. 2 of the drawings a fan is shown which is covered with the representation of a considerable part of a face,'the nose and one eye of which is cutout to fit upon the person using the mask. The fan may be made in various forms, but I preferably. provide it with a simple handle, as 4c, by which it may be carried and applied to the face.

It will be evident that the fan may be provided Witha varied number of configurations and designs upon its front surface and that the features out out to apply the mask to a face may be varied to produce fans of different aspect and to produce designs of greater or less disguising efiect, all within the spirit of the invention. The principal feature of the invention lies in producing a fan which may be used as a mask and can be applied to the features of a persons'face so as to greatly change the appearance of said face from its natural condition.

7 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved articleof. manufacture, a fan-mask having upon it a configuration of an animal face having a feature thereof re moved, at which place the user may substitute an equivalent feature of his own face, said fan-mask being provided with a suitable handle.

2. An improved article of manufacture, a fan-mask formed with a partial configuration of an animals face and having a feature removed by cutting out from the edge thereof, a

portion of the material constituting the mask,

at which cut-out place the user may substitute the equivalent feature of his own face, and a handle for said fan-mask, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl'hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL ESCHENBAOH. lVitnesses:

L. Loonwoonrmnns, W. D. HENDERSON.

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