Headgear with covered edge

• Main Authors: Yu, Annie, Yick, Kit Lun, Dunn, Jessica, Yip, Yiu Wan, Yu, Tzu-Chin, Kooij, Michiel, Scheiner, Rupert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.07.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRE-FIGHTING; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; GAMES; HATS; HEAD COVERINGS; HEADWEAR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIFE-SAVING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; OUTERWEAR; PROSTHESES; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; SPORTS; TRAINING EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WEARING APPAREL

A headgear assembly for a breathing mask, the headgear assembly comprising a strap of a first flexible material with a first elongate edge and a second elongate edge that together define a width of the strap, a first strip of second flexible material folded around and running along the first elongate edge, and a second strip of second flexible material folded around and running along the second elongate edge. The first strip of second flexible material and the second strip of second flexible material are an elastic material with a higher degree of elasticity than the first flexible material, wherein the first strip of second flexible material does not extend over the entire width of the strap, wherein the second strip of second flexible material does not extend over the entire width of the strap and is not connected to the first strip of second flexible material, and wherein the second strip of second flexible material has different material properties than the first strip of second flexible material. This configuration allows the user to select materials with different properties for each strip, for example different elastic properties.