Respiratory face mask dispensed from a continuous roll and method of making the same

Abstract

A respirator mask dispensing system is provided. It includes a carrier material and a plurality of respirator masks mounted in parallel on the carrier material by an adhesive. The carrier material is deformed between adjacent ones of the plurality of respirator masks, the deformation being configured to assist in the tearing of the carrier material at points of deformation. The carrier material with the plurality of respirator masks as mounted therein is wound on the central core member to provide a continuous roll The adhesive bonds more strongly with the respirator masks than the carrier material such that when an individual respirator mask is removed from the carrier material the adhesive will separate from the earner material and remain attached to the individual respirator mask.

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         12 . A respirator mask packaging system, comprising:
 a sheet of carrier material;   a respirator mask mounted on the sheet of carrier material by an adhesive, further comprising:
 a deformable support along a bridge of the nose section of the respirator mask; 
 the adhesive being positioned on the mask at least:
 as lateral strips along the lateral sides of the mask; and 
 at least one island along an under the chin area of the mask; 
 
   wherein the adhesive bonds more strongly with the respirator masks than the carrier material such that when an individual respirator mask is removed from the carrier material the adhesive will separate from the carrier material and remain attached to the individual respirator mask.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 the respirator mask having first and second notches proximate to an under the chin portion of the respirator mask that separates the under the chin portion of the respirator mask into first, second and third sections, the second section being coextensive with an area under the chin of a wearer;   wherein the first and third sections can be at least partially overlapped onto the second section to form a seal on a lower jaw of a wearer.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a plurality of the respirator mask packaging systems in which each sheet of carrier material is connected together, and collectively wound about a core member to form a continuous roll of carrier material.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the continuous roll of carrier material is deformed along lines perpendicular to the dispensing direction of the continuous roll, the individual sheets of carrier material being defined by the deformations. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , where the deformations include perforations. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , where the deformations include notches in the lateral sides of the continuous roll of carrier material. 
     
     
         18 - 19 . (canceled)