Next generation of horror masks on the way
Businesses need to improve their products constantly to gain or preserve an edge over their competitors. In the context of horror masks this ain’t different. While browsing through some patent application we found a patent filed by Donald J. Post that might improve the look and feel of horror masks greatly (on a sidenote: if anyone out there happens to know if this Donald Post is in some way affiliated to the famous Don Post, founder of the Don Post Studios and one of the pioneers of selling halloween and fancy dress masks, e.g. for the Halloween and Star Wars movies, please drop us a line).
Coming back to the patent published under the number US2009130942 this year, the main feature is the employment of several, interconnected layers in costume parts, fake body parts and face masks with the aim to enhance the realism of those items. An imaginable feature of an accessoire could for example be a mask consisting of an inner layer that is in contact with the skin of the wearer and on the outer side shows scary features such as, for instance, innates or other spooky features. The second layer could be used for whatever suits the need of the designer, while allowing for opening(s) to take a look at some of the weird features of the first layer. Thus, it is now possible to create masks and costume parts for halloween that have a unique and life-like appearance. We are very curious what kind of masterpieces result from this innovation, which offers a whole lot of new possibilities to anyone legally allowed to used the invention described and illustrated in the patent which can be found at: