Patent ID: 9402769
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61F,A61M,A61N

Claim Text:
1. An infant headgear assembly for operatively anchoring infant therapy devices in an application of therapy to an infant, the infant headgear assembly comprising: left and right earguard pads to provide noise suppression and ear protection, the left and right earguard pads are soft and cushiony and each includes an inner side, an opposed outer side, a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear; an elongate anterior head strap, an elongate posterior head strap, and an elongate middle head strap between the anterior head strap and the posterior head strap all connected to the left and right earguard pads attaching the left earguard pad to the right earguard pad, the left and right earguard pads and the anterior, posterior, and middle straps cooperate to define a head-receiving volume; the anterior head strap is connected to the top of the left earguard pad between the rear and the front thereof, and is connected to the top of the right earguard pad between the rear and the front thereof, and the anterior head strap is made of pliant, elastic, nonslip material; the posterior head strap is connected to the rear of the left earguard pad between the top and the bottom thereof, and is connected to the rear of the right earguard pad between the top and the bottom thereof, and the posterior head strap is made of pliant, elastic, nonslip material; the middle head strap is between the anterior head strap and the posterior head strap, the middle head strap is connected to the top of the left earguard pad between the rear thereof and the anterior head strap, and is connected to the top of the right earguard pad between the rear thereof and the anterior head strap, and the middle head strap is made of pliant, elastic, nonslip material; the middle head strap extends vertically upward relative to the tops of the left and right earguard pads; the posterior head strap extends horizontally rearward relative to the middle head strap from the rears of the left and right earguard pads; the anterior head strap extends angularly upward relative to the tops of the left and right earguard pads, and extends angularly forward relative to the middle head strap; the posterior head strap is connected to a majority of the rear of the left earguard pad from the bottom to the top thereof, and is connected to a majority of the rear of the right earguard pad from the bottom to the top thereof; the posterior head strap is of maximum width nearer the rears of the left and right earguard pads and is of minimum width at a middle of the posterior head strap between the rears of the left and right earguards; the posterior head strap includes a top edge and an opposed bottom edge, and the top edge is curved downwardly toward the bottom edge from the left and right earguard pads to the middle of the posterior head strap; the inner side of the left earguard pad is configured to be positioned against a left side of a head of an infant for left ear noise suppression and left ear protection, the inner side of the right earguard pad is configured to be positioned against a right side of the head of the infant for right ear noise suppression and right ear protection, the anterior head strap is elastically stretched and is adapted to extend across and nonslip contact a frontal region of the head of the infant from the left earguard pad to the right earguard pad, the posterior head strap is elastically stretched and is adapted to extend across and nonslip contact an occipital region of the head of the infant from the left earguard pad to the right earguard pad, the middle head strap is elastically stretched and is adapted to extend across and nonslip contact a parietal region of the head of the infant from the left earguard pad to the right earguard pad, the inner sides of the left and right earguard pads and the outer sides of the left and right earguard pads are available to releasably connect therapy devices for operatively anchoring therapy devices relative to a face of an infant, the top edge of the posterior head strap curves downwardly toward the bottom edge from the left and right earguard pads to the middle of the posterior head strap so as to relate to a curvature of the occipital region of the head of the infant, the anterior, posterior, and middle head straps are configured to elastically constrict the headgear assembly to the left and right sides of the head of the infant, and the anterior, posterior, and middle head straps are adapted to nonslip contact the frontal, occipital, and parietal regions of the head of the infant, when the head of the infant is received in the head-receiving volume.