Gasket for Face Mask

Abstract

An improvement to a face mask which prevents warm water vapor from the mask wearer's breath from traveling up toward the eyes and fogging transparent glasses, face shield or other eye coverings. A piece of neoprene or other airtight material attached to the top edge of the face mask, over the bridge of the nose, fits snugly and functions as a gasket to prevent air flow of exhaled breath from traveling towards the wearer's eyes.

1 . An improvement to a face mask, comprising a generally rectangular piece of airtight flexible material, having a length, a width, a thickness, and a top edge along its length;
 wherein said face mask is intended to cover a person's mouth and nose, and wherein said face mask has a top edge which is intended to be placed under a wearer's eyes, and which top edge is intended to rest on a person's nose bridge and upper cheeks; and   wherein said top edge of said piece of material is attached to said top edge of said face mask along the full length of the top edge of the piece of material, such that said piece of material extends below the top edge of the face mask, and only extends above the top edge of the face mask when said piece of material is intentionally folded upwards, so as to rest on a wearer's nose bridge and upper cheeks above said top edge of said face mask; and   wherein said piece of material resists being folded upwards, such that it naturally presses against the nose bridge and upper cheeks of a mask wearer.   
     
     
         2 . The improvement of  claim 1 , wherein said width of said piece of material is between ½ inch and 2 inches. 
     
     
         3 . The improvement of  claim 1 , wherein said piece of material is made of neoprene. 
     
     
         4 . The improvement of  claim 3 , wherein the thickness of said neoprene piece of material is between 1 and 1.5 millimeters. 
     
     
         5 . The improvement of  claim 1 , further comprising a binding which extends along and covers and is attached to both said top edges of said piece of material and said face mask.