Patent ID: 6370698
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A42B,Y10S

Abstract:
An anti-suffocation device, said device comprising:a housing being generally spherically shaped, said housing having a solid front side and a solid back side, said housing being divided into two portions such that said front and back sides comprise a front and a back hemisphere respectively, said housing having a bottom side and a top side, said top side of said front side being hingedly coupled to said back side, said bottom side having an aperture therein, said front hemisphere having a bottom half and a top half, said bottom half being generally open and defining an open area such that a peripheral edge of said front hemisphere remains intact, said bottom half having a panel therein on attached to a peripheral edge of said open area, said panel comprising a rigid mesh material such that air may permeate said panel; a fastening means for removably fastening said front side to said back side; and a padding means for padding the user's head, said padding means being fixedly coupled to an inner surface of said front and back sides, said padding means generally extending around the user's head.