FILTERING FACE-PIECE RESPIRATOR HAVING SUPPORT STRUCTURE INJECTION MOLDED TO FILTERING STRUCTURE

摘要

A filtering face-piece respirator (10) that comprises a mask body (12) and a harness (14). The mask body (12) includes a supporting frame structure (16) and a filtering structure (18). The frame structure is injection molded onto the filtering structure (18) such that the frame structure (16) becomes bonded to the filtering structure (18). A mask body having such a support structure allows the filtering structure to follow its configuration closely, providing improved aesthetics and collapse resistance to the resulting article.