Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a spunbonded nonwoven fabric which has excellent flexibility, feel to the touch, forming properties and productivity without deteriorating the stretchability of a spunbonded nonwoven fabric containing a low crystalline polypropylene. A spunbonded nonwoven fabric-laminated multilayer structure of the invention includes an elastic nonwoven fabric which contains a low crystalline polypropylene satisfying (a) to (f) and an extensible spunbonded nonwoven fabric having an elongation at maximum load of not less than 50% in at least one direction, the extensible spunbonded nonwoven fabric being laminated on at least one surface of the elastic nonwoven fabric: (a) [mmmm]=20 to 60 mol %, (b) [rrrr]/(1?[mmmm])?0.1, (c) [rmrm]>2.5 mol %, (d) [mm]×[rr]/[mr]2?2.0, (e) mass average molecular weight (Mw)=10,000 to 200,000, (f) molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn)<4.

Abstract: Ballistic material side elements are shaped to cover portions of a wearer's face and selectively attached to a ballistic helmet. The side elements cover the sides of the wearer's head, but leave room to avoid interfering with hearing needs and goggles. These side elements are held in place by connecting them to the existing helmet shell with an encircling strap and band, or to the straps and hardware of the helmet retention system by receiving portions of the straps through loops on the interior of the side elements. A front ballistic member may join the side elements to cover a significant portion of the wearer's face. The ballistic material is formed of a plurality of layers with a resin and joined by the application of pressure. Higher pressure in the forming of the side elements produces stiff members which stay in place when attached to the helmet.

Abstract: An adjustable and flexible sports headgear for protecting against injuries. A front panel protects the forehead, eyes, nose, and face of the wearer. The front panel extends from the forehead to the nose tip, allowing the wearer to breathe, and has a pair of openings that accommodate the eyes and permit unobstructed vision. A rear panel protects the back of the head and has two ends and a fastener connecting the ends to secure the headgear to the head. Side panels extend from opposite ends of the front panel to the rear panel. The side panels have ear protectors with apertures that facilitate hearing. Impact-absorbing padding is located along the front panel to protect the forehead and along the side panels to protect the temples. A strap connects the side panels with a releasable connector and, when connected, spans over the top of the head of the wearer.

Abstract: An improved nose-shielding device comprises: a nose-shielding body, which has a nose-shielding surface and a positioning surface that are about perpendicular to each other, a nose-shielding portion is located around the central of the nose-shielding surface and protruded upward, a nose-shielding room is formed accordingly inside the nose-shielding portion, a nose-touching portion is formed at the bottom surface of the nose-shielding portion, an adjusting room is formed between the nose-touching portion and the bottom surface of the nose-shielding portion, and the improved nose-shielding device is characterized in that: the nose-shielding portion has a flexible folded member that integrates with a portion, corresponding to the bridge of an operator nose, of the nose-shielding portion, and is adjustable for the folding degree of the folded member according to the figure of the bridge of the operator nose, thus the nose-shielding body more fits the operator nose.

Abstract: Eye wear (10) that may be employed in the health industry. The eye wear (10) includes a shield (11) that is formed of a sheet of flexible material, such as plastic. A seal (19) is secured to a major face of the shield (11) and is formed of a strip of flexible plastics material such as foam, with the seal (19) extending beyond the shield (11) so as to provide the loops (23) that engage a user's ears to aid in securing the eye wear to the user's face.

Abstract: A protective face mask includes an eye-protecting shield made essentially from a plastics material. The eye-protecting shield is dimensioned to cover at least the eye portions of a human wearer. The eye-protecting shield has a perimeter defining a first surface facing the wearer's face, and a second surface facing away from the wearer's face. An adhesive forms an adhesive strip attached to the first surface of the eye-protecting shield for providing a substantially watertight and releasable sealing engagement between at least a portion of the perimeter forming an upper edge of the face mask and at least a portion of the skin of the wearer's face.

Abstract: An eye shield is provided that may allow for compact storage and ease of assembly and use. The eye shield may include a frame for supporting the eye shield upon a user and a pair of hinges that are arranged upon the frame between a pair of temple portions and an intermediate segment of a forehead portion of the frame. A lens may be mounted to the pair of hinges for pivotal movement from a flat position to a use position.

Abstract: A respirator apparatus including an improved helmet or headgear construction with a unique shield including a protective lens and cuff attachment therefor. The protective lens is a thin clear plastic sheet designed to be used as a lens with a (PAPR) respirator and the cuff is an attached fabric or similar material designed to form a facial seal around the wearer.

Abstract: The present invention provides the use of nanoparticles of a compound of general formula MnXy, where M is (i) a metal selected from the group consisting of Calcium (Ca), Aluminium (Al), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Tungsten (W) or Copper (Cu); or (ii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Silicon (Si), Boron (B) or Carbon (C); in which n is equal to 1, 2, or 3, and X is (iii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N), or Carbon (C); or (iv) an anion selected from the group consisting of phosphate (PO43?), hydrogen phosphate (HPO42?), dihydrogen phosphate (H2PO4?), carbonate (CO3), silicate (SiO42?), sulphate (SO42?), nitrate (NO3?), nitrite (NO2?); in which y is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission. Articles of protective clothing or filters are provided in which the fibres are coated with said nanoparticles for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission.

Abstract: A protective pad for a sports helmet having a shell for covering at least part of the head of a wearer, the pad including a first resilient shock absorbing member of plastic such as thermoplastic polyurethane, the first member having a sheet portion with a plurality of hollow protrusions, tapering side walls of the protrusions extending substantially to an inside surface of the side area of the shell and being compressible for absorbing shocks applied to the shell. The pad includes a second resilient shock absorbing member of a monolithic block of foam fixed to the sheet portion of the first member for engaging the wearer's head. A plastic cover covers the second shock absorbing member and a plurality of fasteners removably connects the pad at to the shell by at least some of the protrusions.

Abstract: A flexible face mask is provided for protecting the face from outdoor elements. The face mask comprises a nose shield portion configured to cover the user's nose, a pair of cheek shield portions configured to cover the sides of the user's face, and a pair of ear strap portions configured to cover and receive the user's ears and eyewear. A reinforcing strip on the skin-facing side of the nose shield allows the nose shield to better conform to the user's nose. The face mask is configured for attachment to both eye glasses and goggles. For eyeglasses, a pair of small “C” - shaped cuts in the nose shield are configured to receive the nose pads of the eyeglasses. For goggles or eyeglasses, a set of hook and loop patches are utilized, wherein one patch is affixed to the eyewear's bridge and the mating patch is affixed to the nose shield.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a helmet with a rotatable face shield includes an operating element that, when the shield is in a fully closed position, holds the shield from the outside against the outer wall of the helmet main body, and to open the shield, spreads out the shield and disengages a projection from a fitting portion.

Abstract: An improved face shield assembly universally fits to most hard hats and includes a dual-point pivot system which allows the face shield to be located in a “down” as-used position, an “up” as-used position and a “stowed” position above the hard hat. The improved face shield assembly includes three separate brackets, namely a main mounting bracket secured to the brim of a hard hat, a rotating bracket pivotably mounted to the main mounting bracket and a lens mounting bracket pivotably mounted to the rotating bracket. Spring-loaded struts stabilize and retain the lens mounting bracket in the as-used and stowed positions relative to the rotating bracket.

Abstract: A protective mask is revealed. The protective mask includes a mask body, a hoop mounted in the mask body, two angle adjustment members, and a head size adjustment device. The mask body is pivoted to the hoop and the hoop is adjusted by the head size adjustment device on a rear side of the mask body so as to fit head size of users. While being lifted, the angle of the mask body is adjusted and positioned by the angle adjustment members on left and right sides of the mask body. Thereby the protective mask can be applied to users with various head sizes. The users can wear the protective mask firmly and comfortably. Moreover, the angle adjustment of the protective mask is more convenient and simpler.

Abstract: A face shield includes a crown, a head gear, and a lens removably secured to the crown with a latch lever having a wide paddle-shaped actuator that is easily manipulated from the rearward edge of the crown. The crown has an opposing pair of studs extending inwardly from the lower edge. The upper edge of the lens includes an opposing pair of keyhole-shaped slots adjacent its opposing side edges which receive and rotatably engage the studs. The engagement end of the latch includes a spaced pair of detents. The fulcrum is secured to an inner surface of the crown so that the engagement end of the latch extends toward the front edge of the crown and the upper actuator end extends toward the rearward edge of the crown. The upper edge of the lens includes a pair of spaced openings that releasably engage the detents on the latch lever.

Abstract: An adapter system for a protective mask (2) serves for movably attaching a protective mask (2) to a helmet (1), wherein the adapter system includes two individual adapters (3), which on the one hand serve for coupling to a connecting device (11) of the helmet (1) by means of a helmet coupling (31) and on the other hand for attaching to the protective mask (2) by means of a mask coupling (37), and the adapters (3) each respectively have a swivelling joint (34), around which a protective mask (2) attached to the adapter (3) is capable of being swivelled. In doing so, the adapters (3) each respectively include a swivelling arm (35) capable of being swivelled relative to the swivelling joint (34), wherein the swivelling arm (35) is adjustable in its length.

Abstract: The disclosure presents an innovative apparatus for use in instructing hitters how to focus one's field of vision into a preselected angular field; the invention is also a method of providing this instruction. The apparatus includes a helmet and a shroud configured to engage the helmet. An elongate opening is formed on the shroud to restrict a wearer's field of vision to a preselected angle.

Abstract: A face shield includes a brim having a front portion, a rear portion, an upper portion, and a lower portion. A channel is formed in the lower portion adjacent the rear portion of the brim. The front portion includes a plurality of spaced apart catch members disposed thereon. A head band is unitary with one side of the brim and configured to surround a head of a wearer. The head band has a free end that is adjustably insertable into the channel of the brim to select a size of the head band for the head of the wearer. The face shield may include a removable transparent shield having a plurality of holes formed therein. Each of the holes is configured to cooperate with one of the catch members of the brim to releasably hold the transparent shield on the front portion of the brim.

Abstract: A guard includes a transparent face shield, a neck strap having one end secured to one side of the guard and a second end secured to the opposite side of the guard, and a neck opening defined by the guard and the neck strap. The guard is worn by user with the user's neck extending through said neck opening such that said guard depends from the user's neck by said neck strap with an edge of said guard in contact with the user's chest and with said face shield extending upwardly in a direction from the user's chest shielding the user's face. The guard, when worn by the user, protects foodstuff handled by the user from contamination by the user sneezing or from other material falling from the user's head and/or face.

Abstract: A holding device for a respiratory mask includes a headband adapted to extend in an application position from a forehead portion of a patient around a back head portion of the patient. A strengthening element is releasably coupled to the headband to add flexural strength to the headband. The strengthening element is adapted to extend from the forehead portion laterally to respective ear portions and to descend behind the respective ear portions towards the patient's neck. The strengthening element has bracket sections positioned below respective ear portions adjacent the back head portion. A support is coupled to respective bracket sections to support the bracket sections in the back head portion.

Abstract: A hair dryer heat shielding device 10 is provided. The device 10 includes a first planar member 14 having first and second diagonally descending members 22 and 24 coupled thereto. A second planar member 34 and third and fourth diagonally descending members 42 and 44 reinforces lower portions of the first planar member 14 and first and second diagonally extending members 22 and 24. A third planar member 52 is coupled to uppermost portions of the first planar member 14 to provide a protective shield for the planar member. A coupling member 56 is provided to couple the device 10 in a predetermined position around a user's 68 head 70 so that the user's face 72 is shielded from heat generated by a dryer.

Abstract: A moisture absorbent headband device is provided that comprises a highly absorbent inner layer and a fabric shell outer layer. Both the inner core and outer shell layer having a generally rectangular shape. The outer layer is fixedly attached to an elastic means for securing the device to a user's forehead. When worn on the forehead while in the shower the moisture absorbent headband device inhibits the entry of soap and water into a user's eyes, nose, ears and mouth. In one embodiment, the device is disposable after a given number of uses. In an alternative embodiment, the outer fabric layer is closed at along one end of the inner layer and has an opening at the other end for removably inserting the absorbent inner layer into the outer fabric shell, providing a replaceable inner structure and permanent outer structure.

Abstract: Conical face shields, sports helmets, and methods for orienting a conical face shield in a sports helmet are described. In embodiments, the conical face shield has at least two opposing arcuate edges, at least two opposing side edges, and a shield. The arcuate edges each have a first end, a second end, and an edge surface extending between the first end and the second end. Further, the edge surface of the first arcuate edge and the edge surface of the second arcuate edge include an arc segment and the arc segment of the edge surface of the first arcuate edge is part of an ellipse with a greater semi-minor axis than the semi-minor axis of the ellipse forming the arc segment of the edge surface of the second arcuate edge. In various other embodiments, the conical face shield may be horizontally and/or vertically tapered.

Abstract: A face and eye covering device includes a face cover configured for covering the nose and mouth of a wearer. The face cover is air permeable to allow the passage of air therethrough to facilitate breathing when worn over the wearer's nose or mouth. An eye shield is coupled to the face cover. The eye shield includes a lens and a lens protector releasably coupled to the lens. At least a portion of the lens and lens protector are transparent to allow visual perception therethrough.

Abstract: A face guard frame having a forehead support extending laterally across a forehead of a wearer during use, a connection point on the forehead support, side supports extending downwardly from the forehead support and extending about a face of a wearer during use, an upper crossbar, a lower crossbar, at least one blocking bar, and a chin plate. The upper crossbar may extend from a first side support to a second side support thereby forming a viewing region with the forehead support. The lower crossbar may extend from the first side support towards a chin area of a wearer during use of the face guard and to the second side support. The blocking bar may extend from the upper crossbar to the lower crossbar and the chin plate may be centrally located on an interior portion of the lower crossbar.

Abstract: A respirator apparatus including an improved helmet or headgear construction with a unique shield including a protective lens and cuff attachment therefor. The protective lens is a thin clear plastic sheet designed to be used as a lens with a (PAPR) respirator and the cuff is an attached fabric or similar material designed to form a facial seal around the wearer.

Abstract: The invention comprises a thin flexible plastic sheet shaped to cover a users eyes and the user's face adjacent to the eyes. Left and right protrusions or recesses formed in the plastic sheet correspond in shape to respective eye sockets of the user. An adhesive portion placed on the interior surface of the plastic sheet attaches the mask to the user's face so that light reaching the eyes of the user is at least limited and can be excluded. The recessed embodiment is used during and after medical treatment of the eye or eyes.

Abstract: A protective lens to be attached to a face mask or used without a face mask as goggles or glasses to cover the eyes of, for example, one playing the game of paintball. The protective lens has a body to be worn over the eyes of a wearer and a thermal backing that is spaced from the lens body to lie closer to the wearer's eyes than the lens body. A volume of air or similar gas is trapped within an air space between the lens body and the thermal backing to prevent the transfer of heat from one to the other. A seal surrounds the air space so that the air trapped therein is isolated from the atmosphere. A rib projecting from the lens body surrounds and lies outside the seal to prevent the seal from becoming saturated with liquid, paint, and the like which might be encountered during play. The trapped air within the air space prevents the protective lens from fogging and obstructing the wearer's view as a consequence of the lens body and the thermal backing having different temperatures.

Abstract: A face shield assembly that includes a protective element including an edge and a frame including a top portion, a bottom portion and a side portion, the frame further including: a) an opening sized to fit the protective element, the opening defined by an upper inner edge, a lower inner edge, and side inner edges of the frame; b) a lip spaced from the upper, lower and side inner edges so as to form a channel constructed and arrange to receive a portion of the edge of the protective element.

Abstract: Embodiments of an eye protector are made of a molded plastic part connected with a metal part. The plastic part consists of a generally C-shaped configuration with an elongated portion overlying the eyebrows and arcuate fingers designed to overlie the wearer's cheekbones. The metallic part includes an arcuate portion staggered significantly forwardly with respect to the plastic part. The horizontal stagger virtually precludes a ball from impacting on both the plastic part and the metallic part simultaneously, and the thin profile of the metallic part causes deflection of a ball rather than rebound. Embodiments also include a downwardly depending inverted V-shaped portion that protects the wearer's face below the eyes.

Abstract: A flip-to-wear eye shield is provided that is designed for compact storage and ease of use. The eye shield may be dispensed in a compact, easy-to-assemble configuration and may include a protective lens and a frame coupled with the protective lens by one or more hinges. The one or more hinges may be configured to allow the protective lens to pivot with respect to the frame from a first substantially flat position to a second position assembled and ready for use.

Abstract: A self-securing sterile gown comprises a gown body. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are coupled with the gown body. A first strap attached to the first back portion terminates within a sterile field of the self-securing sterile gown at a first free end. A second strap attached to the second back portion terminates within the sterile field of the self-securing sterile gown at a second free end.

Abstract: A helmet having a shell configured to fit about a head of a wearer of the helmet. The shell includes a top portion that defines a front edge and a bottom portion adjoining the top portion. The bottom portion defines a first side edge integral with a first end of the front edge and a second side edge integral with a second end of the front edge. The front edge, first side edge, and second side edge define a segment of a circumference of the shell. The helmet includes a faceguard comprising a faceguard assembly formed in a substantially closed loop. A top portion of the faceguard assembly overlies the top portion of the shell and substantially overlies and coincides with an entire shape of the front edge. At least a segment of a top portion of the faceguard assembly makes direct contact with the top portion of the shell.

Abstract: Protective eyewear is configured so that interior surfaces are associated with visual characteristics based on a use environment. Eyewear includes an interior surface having two or three horizontal zones that are assigned colors, gray levels, color coordinates, or other characteristics based on playing surface characteristics. Upper, middle, and lower interior portions can be associated with blue, green, and brown, respectively.

Abstract: A protective jaw pad for equipment having a shell includes a first resilient shock absorbing member having a sheet portion with a plurality of hollow protrusions, tapering side walls of the protrusions being compressible for absorbing shocks applied to the shell. The pad includes a second resilient shock absorbing member that is either a monolithic block of foam or is made up of a second sheet portion with a plurality of hollow protrusions that are interleaved with the first protrusion. A cover covers either the first or the second shock absorbing member and a plurality of fasteners removably connect the jaw pad to the shell.

Abstract: A personal radiation protection garment that substantially contours to an operator's body is suspended from a suspension means. The garment is operable to protect the operator from radiation. The suspension means is operable to apply constant force. The suspension means allows operator wearing protective radiation garment to move freely in the X, Y, and Z spatial planes simultaneously, such that the protective radiation garment is substantially weightless to operator. A radiation protection face shield and flap can also be suspended from suspension means, such that face shield and flap are substantially weightless to operator. The suspension means can be mounted to a ceiling.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mouth guard or mouth piece holder having a pair of mounts each mount having a generally concave back surface and a flat front surface and configured to be fixed to an exterior surface of a helmet with the back surface conforming to and abutting the exterior surface of the helmet. A face plate is attached to the mounts to define a pocket. A support base is medially located within the pocket formed integral to the bottom edge of the face plate to partially fill the pocket. Thus, the pocket with the base is adapted to accommodate the mouth guard such that the mouth guard can be maintained proximate to the exterior surface of the helmet above the facemask during temporary periods of non-use.

Abstract: A face shield comprising a contoured visor with three-dimensional structures with varying angles along multiple axes for improved protection and user comfort, an adjustable attachment member for easy user adjustment, and head contact area with improved ventilation. Methods of producing optically clear three-dimensional plastic structures with varying angles along multiple axes and tools for said method.

Abstract: A protective head gear for a user having an outer panel, an inner panel, a retention pleat on the inner panel, a respirator, and an indexed fastener. The outer panel is disposed relative to the inner panel to provide efficacious spatial separation therebetween. The fastener is formed to adjustably and releasably secure at least a portion of the inner panel to the user. An indexing element is attached to the fastener, and is formed of material substantially tactilely different from the fastener, the outer panel, or the inner panel, to permit the user to unambiguously locate the point of fastening. The outer panel, inner panel, and respirator, can be composed of fabrics having one or more layer, and one layer can have a repellent characteristic different from another (e.g., hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic).

Abstract: An impact sensing device including a plurality of accelerometers orthogonally oriented with respect to each other and attachable at a body location, each capable of producing a signal indicative of an impact. An integrated circuit is configured to determine the magnitude and direction of the impact based on the signals and operative to activate an indicator when the magnitude exceeds a selected threshold based on the direction of the impact. A head injury coefficient is determined based on the magnitude and a duration of the impact, and the threshold level of acceleration is expressed in terms of a head injury coefficient value. The head injury coefficient value is determined by empirically correlating a head injury coefficient measured at the body location and a head injury coefficient measured at the center of mass of a human head resulting from an impact.

Abstract: Provided is a helmet including a half helmet-shaped helmet main body including a main body through hole at each side thereof; a shield that is rotated vertically at a front side of the helmet main body and inserted into the helmet main body and has a through hole at each end thereof so as to be detachably connected to the helmet main body; and a holder having a penetrating connection shaft at its lower surface, the penetrating connection shaft capable of being inserted through the main body through hole and the shield through hole from the outside of the helmet main body and connecting the shield to the helmet main body so as to be rotated vertically.

Abstract: A quick release faceguard retainer for use with a protective headgear and faceguard. The headgear has a face opening and an outer surface with a selected curvature. The faceguard has at least one top substantially horizontal bar. The retainer includes a base portion with a front surface and a back surface. The back surface of the base is adapted to be fixedly attached to the outer surface of the headgear above the face opening and has a curvature matching the curvature of the outer surface of the headgear above the face opening. Two complementary retention arms protrude out from the front surface of the base to form two complementary retention channels. One channel has a downward opening and the other has an upward opening and both have an inner surface which together surround the top horizontal bar of the faceguard. Also provided is a faceguard engagement space between the two retention arms having a size for receiving the top bar.

Abstract: Visor comprising a network structure formed of expanded metal, which network structure has a general extension plane (113, 114, 213, 214) and is formed of wire portions (11, 111, 211) and connecting portions (12, 112, 212), the respective ends of four wire portions (11, 111, 211) being joined in each connecting portion (12, 112, 212), and which wire portions (11, 111, 211) have substantially rectangular cross sections having long sides (111A, 211A) and short sides (111B, 211B). The wire portions (11, 111, 211) are arranged such that the long sides (111A, 211A) of their cross sections have a lesser angle to the general extension plane (113, 114, 213, 214) of the network structure than do the short sides (111B, 211B). The invention also relates to a method for use in the production of such a visor.

Abstract: A visor for use with a helmet. The visor includes a front panel and an elastic strap which form an internal perimeter configured to engage with the exterior of the helmet. The front panel includes an interior grip surface formed of a non-cloth material such as rubber.

Abstract: A waterproof mask is provided in this invention. The waterproof mask comprises a frame portion and a leaning portion that is tightly connected to the frame portion. The leaning portion has a plurality of first structures and a plurality of second structures, which are alternately arranged. The first thickness of each of the first structures is thinner than the second thickness of the second structure. Due to the differences in thickness, the leaning portion of the waterproof mask can be adjusted according to the user's face shape for a perfect fit.

Abstract: A disposable face shield having an improved attachment mechanism for securing a band to attach the shield to a user's face is disclosed. The disposable face shield includes a flexible transparent member having at least one slit therethrough. The slit edges have points that grab the elastic holding strap at a selected location to make a selected adjustment of the face shield to the user's head. A flexible forehead support member is provided on the upper portion of the transparent member to nestle against a user's forehead.

Abstract: A flexible nose guard is provided for protecting the entire nose from sunlight, cold, and other outdoor elements. In a preferred embodiment, the nose guard has a pentagonal body that covers the bridge and sides of a user's nose, resembling an upside-down pentagon with rounded corners. The top portion of the nose guard is substantially flat and conforms to the bridge of the nose. The bottom portion of the nose guard is rounded and configured to rest on top of the bridge of the nose. The bottom portion has two perforated triangular extensions that connect to form a nostril covers that provide protection from the elements while allowing the user to breath. Alternatively, a nostril cover can be provided by a single piece of triangular fabric that is connected with the bottom of the nose guard. The nose guard offers numerous means of attachment to the user's face.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a flexible nose guard is provided for protecting the nose from sunlight, the cold, and other outdoor elements. The nose guard is configured to cover the bridge and sides of a user's nose. In a preferred embodiment, the nose guard has a pentagonal body, resembling an upside-down pentagon with rounded corners. The top portion of the nose guard is substantially flat and sized to conform around the bridge of the nose. The bottom portion of the nose guard is a rounded corner or hyperbolic-shape configured to rest on top of the bridge of the nose. In a preferred embodiment, the nose guard is composed of an outer first layer of spandex having a sun protective factor, an intermediate second layer of open-cell foam, and a third, skin-facing layer of micro-suede material that contacts the skin. The nose guard offers different means of attachment to a user's face.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective mask adapted to be worn by a person engaging in the game of paintball. The mask has a main body to cover the front, sides, mouth and ears of a user's face. It also has a removable flexible transparent lens that locks into a rigid support frame formed in the mask. The mask also has a strap to securely support the mask on a wearer's head, and a removable face engaging element provided to accommodate a face of the wearer. This face engagement element evenly engages around the wearer's face in a cushioned manner because its face engagement portion is made of foam that engages the user's face along the entire perimeter of the face engagement element. The face engagement element is securely locked onto the mask by locking clips that fit into openings on both sides of the face engagement element.

Abstract: A face mask support for continuous positive airway pressure comprises a circumferential band with biasing means support at the crown of the head on the medial line of the head. The circumferential edge of the cap extends from just below the forehead of a patient to below the inion protrusion at the nape of the neck. A biasing means which is preferably of length of spring steel is formed so as to extend from the biasing means support hold a nasal or face mask apposed to the face of a patient. The circumferential band is stabilized by a band extending from the circumferential band at the region of the ear to the biasing means support.