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Hide-a-Mask: On-Demand Face Mask That Pops Out of a Baseball Cap

The Hide-a-Mask is an innovative face mask design that tucks away inside a ball cap. It can be pulled on in just seconds:

This is perfect for those of us in non-urban areas, where we do not have to wear a mask the second we leave our homes. In regions like mine, you leave the house and drive mask-free, then put your mask on before entering a store. In this sunny weather I’ve never forgotten my hat, but have forgotten my mask twice and had to turn around to drive back home. The Hide-a-Mask would’ve come in handy then.

Here’s the Kickstarter pitch:

What I’d really love to see, though I realize it would be trickier for the end user to execute, is a version that buyers could retrofit to existing hats.

At press time the Hide-a-Mask had $9,256 in pledges on a $12,000 goal, with 29 days left to pledge.