Abstract: A light shield for use with video display units, such as video monitors, television monitors, oscilloscopes or the like to block out ambient light. The light shield is made of a sleeve or hood having one end adapted to fit over video display units and a second end fitting over the face such that the user can view the display unit through the sleeve and limit the outside ambient light reaching the display unit.

Abstract: A face mask cut from a sheet of foamed resin material has slits cut near each end shaped to curve inwardly in a U shape. The ends of the mask conform approximately to the U shape of the slits so that the material between the slits and the ends of the mask forms a pair of U-shaped ear loops. The ear loops are bendable in a one-half turn so that the U shapes extend outwardly away from the central portion of the mask for resiliently looping over the ears of the wearer to hold the mask in place.

Abstract: A fire, smoke and noxious fumes protective device comprises an air-tight envelope made of fire-resistant transparent sheet plastic material and encloses a pre-moistened porous face mask secured thereto. The device is rendered into the operative condition by opening the envelope which converts to a head cap for covering head and eyes of the wearer and extending the face mask out of the envelope whereby the mask extends downwardly from the cap over the nose and mouth of the wearer to afford protection against smoke and noxious fume inhalation.

Abstract: A face mask blank, with or without an attached head covering, comprising: lines scored, cut, or impressed into the surface of flat, flexible sheet material, outlining thereon at least two or more concentric geometric figures, such as circles or polygons including squares, pentagons, hexagons, etc., of similar shape and outline but of dissimilar area and size; and a slit cut into the flat, flexible sheet material to the center of the concentric geometric figures, permitting a portion of the geometric figures to be angularly rotated to overlap another portion of the geometric figures, whereby the flat flexible face mask blank is transformed into a three-dimensional configuration having very unusual three-dimensional eye contours, or other three-dimensional human or animal facial or body features, such as a three-dimensional nose, or eyebrows, ears, devils horns, rams or goat horns, rhinocerous horns, elephant tusks, walrus tusks, fangs, etc.

Abstract: A face mask comprising an elongated sheet of porous material having upper and lower longitudinal edges and transverse side edges. A line of stitches of elastic material is sewn to the material along both its side edges, and a length of elastic cord at each side edge is secured to the material by interweaving with the line of stitches thereat. A free intermediate portion of the elastic cord is formed between the ends at which the cord is interwoven with the stitches to the porous material, and the free intermediate portion forms an ear loop. The elastic material is sewn to the porous material and interwoven with the cord lengths while the porous material is taut so that when the porous material is relaxed, the elastic material exerts a pull on the porous material to gather and contract the material at the side edges.