Better Than Nothing PPE Ring

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The goal is to make it easy and fast for you to cover your face quickly with any filter material you have on hand. When using reusable cloth, toss the ring and wash it thoroughly until actual masks are widely available. Locations could distribute a plastic baggie containing different sizes of this ring or similar devices, elastic strips, patches of cloth, and basic printed instructions. This design is quite chunky, leaving room for optimization and material removal. I'm using PLA, so a quick blast with a hair dryer can mold it perfectly to the bridge of your nose. I'll reiterate that this is a less than optimized design, created using just enough Fusion360 knowledge to produce this on my old MakerBot. There's likely much room for improvement if you want to mass print many of these devices. Feel free to contact me with questions or concerns: tcm18@pct.edu.