An air filtering device is presented with a face
mask of nonporous material, the face
mask held onto the user's head by standard elastic straps. The face
mask has a flexible
gasket about its perimeter to provide an airtight seal between the mask and the user's face. The face mask has an exhaust filter that lets
exhaled air out of the mask, but does not let unfiltered air into the mask. A flexible tube enters the face mask at one end and enters an air filtering
assembly on the opposite end. The air filtering
assembly is enclosed in a housing with the housing having an air intake opening. The air filtering
assembly has an air moving device such as a fan or pump, a carbon filter
cartridge, a particulate matter filter, a battery power supply, and an on-off switch.