Accessible Face Mask

An accessible face mask to increase safety during the Covid-19 crisis. Designed to utilize tools found at home, this mask can be printed, traced, cut, scored, and folded at home. A paper frame on the interior allows for a filter media (furnace filter, cotton, etc) to be inserted. Simple elastics on both sides tie the entire mask together and allow it to be easily worn as it attached behind the ears. Simple and effective, this face mask offers increased protection from droplets transmitted through coughing or sneezing. Further, as a paper-based mask, it is disposable and can be customized as required.

User customizable with marker, water colors, pencils, etc.

Example filter media from cut furnace filters (MERV 1500), remnant fabric, and microfiber wash cloths

The DIY system. Clockwise: Internal filter frame, elastic, filter, elastic, and center is the flat pattern card-stock mask structure.

Example of sizing for children through to adults.

Top view showing the air vents for inhalation. Exhalation vents face downwards. The filter media sits between the external air vents and the users face ensuring the air passes through the media before it is inhaled.

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