Patent ID: 6269814
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A headgear for securing a breathing apparatus in position near a face of a person for treating sleep apnea, said headgear comprising:a T-shaped front portion of flexible fabric, said front portion including:an inner surface, an outer surface of loop material opposite said inner surface, a latitudinal leg having a pair of slot openings located one at each opposite lateral end of said latitudinal leg, and a longitudinal leg extending from a location on said latitudinal leg between said pair of slot openings and having a hook pad at a distal end thereof on said inner surface;a T-shaped rear portion of flexible fabric, said rear portion including:an inner surface of said rear portion, an outer surface of loop material opposite said inner surface, a latitudinal leg having a pair of hook pads located one at each opposite lateral end of said latitudinal leg of said rear portion on said inner surface, of said rear portion and a longitudinal leg extending from a location on said latitudinal leg of said rear portion between said pair of hook pads;said rear portion being releasably attached to said front portion by respective insertion of said pair of hook pads through said pair of slot openings and attachment of said pair of hook pads to said outer surface of said front portion and attachment of said hook pad at said distal end of said longitudinal leg of said front portion to said outer surface of said rear portion; anda chinstrap having opposite ends releasably attached to said outer surface of said rear portion.