Abstract: A loose fitting garment for use as a costume on a doll or an adult is styled for presentation of a first selected costume design. The loose fitting garment includes, on one surface, a design corresponding to the style for the first selected costume design. The opposite or second surface of the garment includes a design representative of a second selected costume design. The garment is reversible to convert the costume from the first selected costume design to the second selected costume design. To facilitate a change in the costume, the garment includes a mask which is featured as a part of the costume for the second selected costume design. The mask is secured to the garment in a position to be concealed from view when the garment is presented to display the first selected costume design on the wearer.

Abstract: The present invention is a blinder attachment for wrestling headgear. The attachment has an extension with VELCRO strips which allows it to wrap over the band or strap of the wrestling headgear to form a loop and secure the blinder over the eyes. Also, laces are provided that extend through holes in the blinder and headgear ear guards so that the blinder may be further secured on the head. The blinder includes eye pillows which gently press against the eye lids to urge the eyes shut and prevent most light from penetrating to the eyes. By parcticing with the wrestling blinder of the present invention, wrestlers may improve their kinesthetic awareness and thereby improve their wrestling performance.

Abstract: The problem of providing a medical face mask 10 that may be quickly, easily, securely and adjustably mounted to the head of a wearer 72 is solved in a medical face mask 10 of the type having a panel 12 for covering the nose and the mouth of a wearer 72 and at least one complimentary pair of spaced apart straps 30 and 32 attached to the panel 12 and extending therefrom by the straps 30 and 32 being joined by a slidable fastener 54 forming a loop 62 comprising the straps 30 and 32 and the top 16 of the panel 12, the slidable fastener 54 holding the straps 30 and 32 in a loop 62 of desired length until the slidable fastener 54 is forcibly slidably adjusted to increase or decrease the size of the loop 62.

Abstract: This face protecting mask is intended to be used in general medicine and more particularly in surgery. In its preferred embodiment, the mask has a shell or top portion provided with an elastic band fitted in the rear portion of the trim thereof; a downward front shield provided with an eye-window covered by a strip of a transparent flexible material and a mouth-opening placed below the eye-window and closed by a wad of filtering material; two side protection flaps connected to the front shield; two pairs of string for tying the mask; means for preventing mist from forming on the transparent window; and means for keeping the front shield away from the operator's face.

Abstract: An insect proof garment for protection against mosquitoes, black flies and other insects is disclosed. The garment is made entirely from a lightweight semi-rigid insect excluding mesh and is comprised of a one-piece fully encloseable head net attached to an upper body portion, with the upper body portion extending from the neck to proximate the hips of the wearer and has sleeves connected thereto. There is a separate lower portion extending from the wearer's waist and having leg members connected thereto. The one-piece fully encloseable head net is preferrably stitched to an upper body portion from about a right side shoulder seam to about a left side shoulder seam thereby forming a rear portion of a neckline. A means for opening and closing of the heat net (preferrably a zipper) is appropriately attached to a front portion of the neckline.

Abstract: A face mask including a sheet of flexible material for concealing at least a portion of a hunter's face utilizes a wire secured to the sheet of material for positioning adjacent the eyes of the hunter and an elastic strap associated with the wire for securing the mask about the hunter's head. When the mask is operatively worn, at least a portion of the wire is positioned beneath and adjacent the hunter's eyes and is biased by the strap into close-fitting relationship with the skin of the hunter's face. The wire can be manually shaped along the length thereof to conform the contour of the wire to the general contours of the portions of the face across which the wire is adapted to overlie so that when the wire is biased against the wearer's face during wear of the mask, the mask is worn with relative comfort.

Abstract: A method for forming a mask to be placed over at least a portion of an individual's face wherein a plurality of overlapping folds are formed in the sheet of material while the sheet of material is formed into the mask shape, the overlapping fold cooperating to maintain the sheet of material in the formed, predetermined mask shape.

Abstract: A bandanna-type article of wearing apparel is fabricated from an integral piece of fabric folded in a manner to have forward and back panels of substantially triangular shape and an intervening pocket region. The configuration of the article is such that its upper edge is essentially the base of a triangle, and a downwardly directed apex constitutes the lower extremity of the forward panel. Tying ears extend from both extremities of the upper edge. A sheet of compliant thermally insulative material such as a polyurethane sponge is held by sewn seams within the pocket region.

Abstract: An organization including a cap and a forwardly directed visor with a selectively securable open mesh fabric sheet of optically transparent characteristic defined by an open mesh web to permit visual observation through the sheet when mounted to the cap. The sheet further includes a pattern imparted upon the sheet in correlation with an associated team of a sporting event and the like. The invention may further include a further sheet that is coextensive with a perimeter defined by the cap to overlie an individual's head for minimizing interaction with insects and the like during a sporting event. Further, the invention may optionally include a fiber optic cable associated with a selectively illuminated light source to direct illumination of a fiber optic framework pattern directed about the pattern formed on the sheet to enhance visual observation of the pattern during conditions of limited available light.

Abstract: A garment selectively convertible between several different fashions, such as an ascot, a face and neck mask, and a visor, includes a body or bib portion having a protruding distal edge and opposing side edges. The garment further includes a nose portion having a proximate edge opposite the distal edge, and a breathing vent portion of a foraminous fabric interconnecting the body and nose portions. Two opposing side straps extend outwardly from each of the side edges to secure the garment on a wearer. The side straps may each have a mating portion of a VELCRO hook and eye fabric fastener means attached thereto for releasably interconnecting the straps to secure the garment on a wearer and to provide incremental size adjustment of the garment. Alternatively, the side straps may be permanently interconnected by an elastic insert for resiliently securing the garment on a wearer.

Abstract: A face mask able to appropriately cover the nose is made of a sheet of flexible material which forms the body of the mask. The upper portion of the body is so folded that two opposing sides of the folded upper portion are folded downward and decline toward the center of the body of the mask to positions whereat each of the two sides of the folded upper portion are stitched to the mask body at an appropriate distance apart, thereby forming an inverted, concave, V-shaped flange which provides a space which accommodates the nose of the wearer, without leaving a gap between the mask and the face of the wearer at each side of the nose.

Abstract: A face mask including a sheet of flexible material for concealing at least a portion of a hunter's face utilizes a wire secured to the sheet of material for positioning adjacent the eyes of the hunter and an elastic strap associated with the wire for securing the mask about the hunter's head. When the mask is operatively worn, at least a portion of the wire is positioned beneath and adjacent the hunter's eyes and is biased by the strap into close-fitting relationship with the skin of the hunter's face. The wire can be manually shaped along the length thereof to conform the contour of the wire to the general contours of the portions of the face across which the wire is adapted to overlie so that when the wire is biased against the wearer's face during wear of the mask, the mask is worn with relative comfort.

Abstract: A dampening mask for use in aircraft, includes a mask body to be worn in a manner in which it is placed in front of the nose of the wearer to cover at least the nose, and forming a small space separated from the outside air in front of the nose; and a ventilation-passage member provided in a portion of the mask body which is, when the mask is worn, situated in front of the nose, the ventilation-passage member interconnecting the small space and the outside air in communication, the ventilation-passage member being a honeycomb structure made of a moisture absorbing material which has a function of absorbing and releasing moisture, the honeycomb structure having a large number of ventilation passages (tubular cavities) directed forward so as to form passages for air.

Abstract: A humidity-retaining mask includes a foldable mask body made of humidity-absorbing sheet material which is folded into a honeycomb structure when the mask is used. The mask body has a recessed portion on the upper side thereof to receive a user's nostril, and ear traps attached to the mask body.

Abstract: A method of constructing large human-like costume heads such as caricatures of famous people which includes the steps of sculpting a large block of foam into the rough form of a head to form a sculpted human-like head with a facial portion. The outer portion of the foam block is painted using a desired color scheme. A very thin layer of rubber-like material is applied to the foam block outer surface which seals the foam block but which is sufficiently thin to allow deflection of the foam when squeezed and to provide a texture to the foam that can be felt and which resembles a skin like feeling.

Abstract: A device is disclosed which attaches to the nose and filters the air a person breathes through the nostrils of the nose. The filter element of the device covers the nostrils and base of the nose. Thus, the remainder of the face is uncovered. The device includes the filter element and an adhesive strip which includes two substantially triangular portions designed to adhere to the sides of the nose and hold the filter in place. The adhesive strip is such that it securely holds the filter over the nostrils when the adhesive strip is properly placed on the sides of the nose. The filter element can be constructed of various materials. For example, cotton, wool, polyester, or carbon. The filter element can include specially designed inserts which are dome shaped or ellipsoidal shaped and which fit in or against the nostrils. The filter element can filter out unwanted gases, solid particles, and/or other matter.

Abstract: An insect proof garment for protection against mosquitoes, black flies and other insects is disclosed. The garment is made entirely from a lightweight semi-rigid insect excluding mesh and is comprised of a head net attached to an upper body portion, with the upper body portion extending from the neck to proximate the hips of the wearer and has sleeves connected thereto. There is a separate lower portion extending from the wearer's waist and having leg members connected thereto.

Abstract: A disposable visored cap or mask to be worn during outdoor or indoor activities to shade the wearer's eyes from the light, or as a cap or mask representing a club mascot or displaying advertisements. The visored cap, and blank therefor, is fabricated of a flexible material such as paper, cardboard, and the like. The blank has a first end edge, a second end edge, an arcuate fold line spaced from the first end edge defining a visor therebetween, and a straight fold line between the first end edge and second end edge defining an intermediate portion between the straight fold line and arcuate fold line and defining a front panel between the straight fold line and second end edge. To fold the blank to form the cap or mask, the intermediate portion is folded upwardly about the straight fold line to overlay the front panel, and the visor is folded in the opposite direction or downwardly about the arcuate fold line to project outwardly from the front panel.

Abstract: For the protection of the operating surgeon and of the medical staff when treating patients and during operations against the effects of secretions and blood of patients suffering from the immune deficiency disease AIDS, the facial mask consists of a mask blank with laterally attached fastening tapes, the mask blank of the facial mask being provided on the inside and on its upper edge, with a smooth or transversely folded relative to its longitudinal direction strip of foamed plastic with an adhesive surface of a coating with its self-adhesive agent, the adhesive layer being covered by means of a peelable protective sheet, so that the foamed plastic strip disposed on the upper edge of the mask blank of the facial mask which, facing the face, is provided with an adhesive layer and, due to its ready deformability, is, with its upper edge carrying the adhesive layer on the inside, made to adhere above the nasal area and onto the buccal region, so that a protection of the mouth and nose is ensured and the humid r

Abstract: An underhood includes a helmet portion and a mask portion. The helmet portion consists of a loosely fitted bonnet which is attached to an elastic lower section. The elastic fabric (two-way stretch) substantially surrounds the bottom of the headdress in the manner of a headband, but is open below that location. A face mask secures the lower section around the user's face. The face mask is made of highly breathable fabric and relies on the elasticity of the stretch fabric in the lower part of the helmet portion for elastic fit around the user's face. Therefore, the face mask is relatively inelastic, while permitting elastic fit around the face.

Abstract: A template and method of marking a person's face. A formable sheet of plastic is placed onto a person's face in a heated condition and forced against the face to assume the face shape. A plurality of small circles are marked onto the formed sheet to define the various facial contour features. The sheet is then removed from the face and openings are created in the sheet along the contour lines. The sheet has an elastic band mounted thereon for subsequent remounting to the person's face. A marker is extended through the various openings against the face marking the contour lines created in the template onto the face.

Abstract: A protective mask comprising an imperforate, transparent shield mounted on the brow and extending over the face of a person wearing the mask. The shield includes an anteriorly protruding portion spaced sufficiently away from the wearer's face to enable spectacles or other optical devices to be worn by the user. The anteriorly protruding portion includes an outwardly flaring upper portion and a downwardly flaring lower portion, with the junction between the upper and lower portions being a non-sharp, gradually curved section which minimizes the amount of visual distortion experienced by the user. Attached in a longitudinal fashion, adjacent each side edge of the shield, is a malleable, form-adjusting strip, the bending of which foreshortens the shield, causing it to bow-out anteriorally to accommodate the use of a variety of sized eyegear to be worn with the mask.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for making a facial and/or body prosthesis or appliance by means of molding and forming techniques. The material formed into the final prosthesis is a specific material uniquely adapted for the purpose. The material is a closed-cell, cross-linked, polyethylene and is in sheet form having a thickness in the range of from 1/64 inch to 1/4 inch and a density of between 11/2 and 9 pounds per cubic foot. The disclosure also includes the prosthesis per se as well as the method of making up a human face or body with the use of the prosthesis.

Abstract: A cold weather hood which may be worn by an individual to protect them from the effects of a cold weather environment, the cold weather hood including a hood member dimensioned to enclose the head of the individual and which has an opening of predetermined dimensions to receive the face of the individual, and a face mask manufactured of double-sided, brushed Dacron.RTM. polyester fiber is secured in the opening of the hood thereby enclosing the entire head of the individual.

Abstract: A facial and/or body prosthesis or appliance is disclosed. The material formed into the final prosthesis is a specific material uniquely adapted for the purpose. The material is a closed-cell, cross-linked, polyethylene and is in sheet form having a thickness in the range of from 1/64 inch to 1/4 inch and a density of between 11/2 and 9 pounds per cubic foot.

Abstract: A cosmetic template and method of applying cosmetics. A formable sheet of plastic is placed onto a person's face in a heated condition and forced against the face to assume the face shape. A plurality of small circles are marked onto the formed sheet to define the various facial contour features. The sheet is then removed from the face and openings are created in the sheet along the contour lines. The sheet has an elastic band mounted thereon for subsequent remounting to the person's face. A cosmetic pencil is extended through the various openings against the face marking the contour lines created in the template onto the face. The template is removed and cosmetics are applied in accordance with the guidelines on the face.

Abstract: An integrally formed costume mask, display and headband formed of resilient but stiff material which yields to conform to various head sizes but which is stiff enough to maintain large display erect when worn. When not worn the headgear remains flat. The display portion is not limited to geometry of the headband portion, but may extend to all sides of headband.

Abstract: The face protector comprises a flexible headband and a transparent flexible shield of sufficient size to protect the face of the wearer. The shield is sufficiently flexible and easily deformable so as to adapt to the shape of a user's head. Fastener means carried by the headband reusably and deftly attaching the band around the head of the wearer and also reusably and deftly attaching the headband to the shield. The fastener means on the headband are attached to lateral positions on the headband, and the fastener means on the shield are detachably suspended from the fastener means on the headband at these positions.

Abstract: A protective headgear for boxing and other activities involving direct violence to the head is provided which protects the eyes from direct contact of the padded thumbs and the impacts of blows. The headgear will also provide protection from serious lacerations in critical areas above and around the eyes. The headgear has a multi-layer padded band which extends across the face to cover the upper and lower perimeters of the orbits and the nasal bone. The headgear is fabricated to provide a custom fit by applying component layers to a plaster cast of the face so as to achieve a configuration which will not shift and will afford maximum protection.

Abstract: A mask has a face member sized and shaped to fit about the face. It extends from an upper edge proximate the bridge of the nose and eye socket areas downward to the junction of the jaw with the neck area. The mask has ear sections which extend over the ears and three coacting Velcro sections spaced apart to fasten the mask at the back of the head of the user.

Abstract: A disposable protective eye guard positionable over a person's head to protect the person's eyes from airborne particles and spray mist, the eye guard comprising a tubular hood member fabricated of an open mesh knitted fabric having sufficient stretching properties to fit snuggly thereon without distorting the person's facial features. The open mesh knitted fabric has an uneven surface which, when in the stretched condition, cooperates with the person's facial features to provide air pockets between the eye guard and the person's eyes to substantially prevent airborne particles and spray mist from reaching the eyes.

Abstract: A cuff construction having readily accessible coverings for hands, feet and head is provided. The cuff is generally integrally attached to an article of clothing, and folds in on itself for storing the coverings. The cuff is formed at an opening in a garment, such as a glove, sleeve, neck or leg and included a panel along about one half of the circumference of the opening with the two adjacent edges of the panel secured to the cuff. The panel is switchable between a first open position allowing the head, hand or foot to pass through and a second closed position forming a covering around the appendage. The covering may take the form of a glove or mitten, a sock or shoe, or a ski mask or the like. A pocket for ready storage may also be provided.

Abstract: An over-the-head face mask is provided with a completely self-contained, electrical noise generating system. The noise generator comprises a speaker, a signal generating electrical circuit, a battery or other power supply and wires connecting the electrical components together. In addition, an on/off switch can be provided in the electrical circuit. Light emitting diodes, located as pupils of the fake eyes of the face mask are also connected in the electrical circuit so that they light up when the electrical circuit is closed. The noise generating speaker of the electrical system is located in a protuberance of the face portion of the face mask. Preferably, the protuberance is an integral disguise feature of the face mask and, therefore, the speaker is camouflaged, self-contained and yet capable of transmitting an unmuffled sound.

Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) nose protector of a breathable material and including an adhesive on one side of the breathable material for securing all about the nose. Either the breathable material, the adhesive, or both includes a UV sun blocker, such as zinc oxide or PaBa.

Abstract: A soft sculpture face mask is extremely lightweight, breatheable and capable of being easily and inexpensively manufactured. The construction of the mask allows for an unlimited variety of face mask designs utilizing basically the same materials. The mask is three-dimensional and, therefore, more realistic than rubber molded masks which, in any event, are hot and uncomfortable to wear.

Abstract: A flexible body portion covering substantially all of the face below the eyes of a wearer has nose and mouth openings. A flexible skirt affixed to the outer surface of the body portion along a seam which encompasses the nose and mouth openings and also at the tack points forms an air duct which directs expelled air and downwardly. In-turned flaps at the nose opening provide a seal around the wearer's nose. A stiff yet malleable arch affixed to the outer surface of the skirt prevent the mask from resting upon or rubbing against the wearer's nose. Broad lateral cheek rises provide vertical support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to headwear and more particularly relates to a convertible survival hat which selectively covers multiple areas of the wearer's head, face and neck.

Abstract: A protection mask is provided comprising a flexible hood having a head opening for placing said hood over the head of a wearer, said hood being made of transparent plastic for allowing the wearer to see through the walls thereof, means for gathering the head opening of said hood around the neck of the wearer, said hood having an inhale opening in the walls thereof located in the vicinity of the mouth of the wearer, filtering means covering said inhale opening for filtering air entering through said opening, and check valve means through the walls of said hood for allowing air to exit from said hood when the wearer exhales and for closing when the wearer inhales outside air through said filtering means.

Abstract: A face mask for use in hazardous environments and comprising an elastic sheet for securement about the lower face and head. The sheet is partially folded to define an open area located forwardly of the wearer's nose and mouth and within which area is removably attached a filter body which may also constitute a countercurrent exchange medium. Fabric closure material on the elastic sheet and filter body serves to removably attach the filter body in place. Additional fabric closure strips of the hook and loop type, when mated to one another, hold the elastic sheet in a partially folded shape to define the aforementioned open area. The filter body may be of a fibrous nature or a molded nose cup shape.

Abstract: A universal costume mask armature is disclosed in which a rigid, preferably lattice, infrastructure including skull-shaped cranium and face portion is utilized. The face portion is preferably generally flattened and includes a pair of eye ports. A nose plate between the eye ports forms a continuation of the face and serves to receive and support nose features of a mask mounted on the armature. The face portion also includes a maxilary plate located below the nose plate to receive and support upper lip features of a mask. Use of this armature will enable a very wide range and variety of masks to be interchanged because the construction of the face portion of the armature is designed to support unlimited combinations of nose, eyebrows, beak, etc. without regard to their weight or size.

Abstract: A method of making a mask which comprises molding a sculptable material, affixing the said molded material to a facial form to the desired contours of the mask, which contours are different than the contours of the form, applying wetted strips of plaster-impregnated gauze to the molded material, drying the wetted gauze to form a completed mask and removing the form from the mask. The finished mask may be coated with a coat of white glue and decorated.

Abstract: A face mask having an upper mask portion and a lower mask portion, each of which portions are connected respectively to two legs of a V-shaped element on which is inserted into the mouth of the mask wearer. A tooth grip provided on the V-shaped element allows the mask wearer to hold the mask firmly. Flexing of the V-shaped element at its hinge produces relative motion between the upper and lower mask portions. A metal element is attached to one leg of the V-shaped element for generating a clicking sound when the V-shaped element is flexed.

Abstract: A mask member is made from a thin, rubber, cloth-like material. The mask member is sized and shaped to fit about the face to extend rearward from the face to about the left and right ear areas and to extend in length from an upper edge to a lower edge. The upper edge extends along a line between the cheekbone area below the temples, along the lower part of the eye sockets, contouredly over the bridge of the nose. The mask member is unitarily formed with a nose piece contoured to fit over the nose. The nose piece together with the face mask are shaped to form a breathing aperture for the nostrils. A seam extends from below the nose piece downward to act as a front edge. The seam extends convexly from below the nose to the chin area to form a pocket for the lips and air, and arcuately inward under the chin to the lower edge. The seam selectively forms a channel in communication with the pocket. Aperture means are formed in the mask member proximate the mouth for breathing and speech.

Abstract: Camouflage headwear for use while hunting wild game or for use while observing or photographing them is described, said headwear camouflaging the wearer's face and neck and breaking up the wearer's silhouette. More particularly, said headwear includes a mask having a pair of eyeholes and a band for encircling the wearer's head and attaching said mask thereto and for holding the eyeholes in said mask in registry with the wearer's eyes, said mask being a plate, preshaped to conform to the wearer's face and leaving the lower part thereof free, a bag with a rounded bottom formed of netting having patches of preselected colors and having a pair of eyeholes, said bag adapted to fit loosely over the wearer's head and drape down over his neck, and means for attaching said mask on the inside of said bag such that the eyeholes in the mask are aligned with the eyeholes in the bag.

Abstract: A mask is made of an absorbent material which can be moistened and which will protect a person's face, neck and ears while under an electric hair dryer.

Abstract: A headdress or headcovering which includes an inflatable, helmet portion for positioning and retain the same upon one's head and an inflatable caricature portion attached to the helmet portion thereof. The helmet portion including a formable, resilient portion of sheet material to conform to the head of the user and having an inflatable peripheral portion to surround the lower edge thereof and hold the same about the user's head, the inflatable caricature portion including an attachment portion for attaching the same to the helmet portion and including a separate inflation unit for the inflatability of the same.

Abstract: A lightweight costume head having a hollow foundation constructed from thin slabs of foamed, elastomeric sections adhered together having an access opening and generally a cloth covering enveloping said foundation is described. The foundation generally has eye openings and may have a nose-mouth opening. The foundation comprises at least five sections cut from the flat slab of a foamed elastomer to form a head shape, frequently a spherical shape from identical sections adhered along their edges.

Abstract: A short-term emergency survival breathing and eye-shielding mask provides for one hand "slap-on" self-clinging and sealing application to the face by means of finger-tubes which extend from storage within adjacent pneumatic tubing sealing around the face, to a position around the head on inflation by a self-contained flask; a second such flask provides breathing air; the flasks may be valved by impact on the user's chin by means of a common bar.

Abstract: An ornamental face mask has an upper face portion and a lower jaw portion hinged together solely by elastic bands. The bands are located at the outer edges of the mask and bridge the upper face portion and the lower portion. The lower jaw portion is also designed so as to grip the chin of the wearer when the mask is held over his face by an elastic mounting strap.

Abstract: In protective coveralls with a head covering with a transparent permanent lens over the face area, a separate removable lens cover attached over the permanent lens which is adapted for very rapid removal in situations when the lens cover is clouded by a foreign material.