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 Air filter for the nose

Details
Inventors: Wang, Jen-Yi;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Hafer; Robert A.
Assistant Examiner: O'Neill; Michael
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt

An air filter including two filter units linked by a connecting element for inserting into the nostrils of the nose to filtrate air passing through, each filter unit including a barrel, a first wire gauze filter fastened to the barrel at one end, a second wire gauze filter fastened to the barrel at an opposite end, and a stack of wet filter cloth received inside the barrel and retained between the first wire gauze filter and the second wire gauze filter.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view.
It is one object of the present invention to provide an air filter for the nose which can be fastened to the nose and concealed from the sight to filtrate solid matter from inhaled air.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an air filter for the nose which is replaceable.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide an air filter for the nose which is comfortable in use.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the air filter is comprised of two filter units linked by a connecting element for inserting into the nostrils of the nose to remove solid matter from inhaled air, wherein each filter unit comprises a barrel, a first wire gauze filter fastened to the barrel at one end, a second wire gauze filter fastened to the barrel at an opposite end, and a stack of wet filter cloth received inside the barrel and retained between the first wire gauze filter and the second wire gauze filter.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the barrel and the first and second wire gauze filters of each filter unit are respective made from silicon rubber, and therefore the filter units do not hurt the nose when they are respectively inserted into the nostrils.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the first wire gauze filter has a plurality of toothed triangular rod respectively perpendicularly extended from a filter body thereof for detachably holding the stack of wet filter cloth inside the barrel, and therefore the stack of wet filter cloth is replaceable.



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