FACE MASK WITH FLAP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

A face mask and method of making it are disclosed. The face mask has a layered construction including an elongated elastic nonwoven sheet having a central portion and first and second lateral end portions on opposite sides of the central portion; a filtering web portion bonded to the central portion of the elastic nonwoven sheet; and a first flap bonded to the central portion of the elastic nonwoven sheet, wherein the first flap is smaller in area than the filtering web portion, and wherein the first flap is bonded along one of the top edge or the bottom edge of the central portion. A dispenser including a plurality of the face masks, a stack of a plurality of the face masks, and a continuous layered web having a plurality of face masks disposed thereon are also disclosed.