Personal air filtering device with automatic control of air movement

US12185787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hall Labs LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Hall · Provo, US
• David R. Hall · Provo, US
• Chandler Flinders · Provo, US
• Jordan D. Englund · Provo, US
• Jacob Dean · Provo, US
• Anthony E. Pullen · Tucson, US
• Jeff Duncan · Tucson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2273/30
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A personal air filtering device comprising a rigid component comprising a transparent face shield, a fabric component, wherein the face shield and fabric combine to cover an entire head of a user and form a seal around the user's neck, an intake port with an inlet filter, an exhaust port with an exhaust filter, an air mover causing filtered air to enter the intake port from outside the device and exhaust air to exit the exhaust port, and a controller configured to adjust the rate at which the air mover moves air.