Patent ID: 8800563
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Headgear for a respiratory mask, the headgear comprising: a strap arrangement comprising front strap portions adapted to be disposed over a patient's cheeks and having front ends adapted for attachment to an airway interfacing portion, top strap portions connected to respective front strap portions and adapted to be disposed over the top of a patient's head and to connect to each other, and a back strap extending rearwardly from and connecting respective junctions of the front strap portions and top strap portions or regions adjacent these junctions and adapted to locate underneath a patient's occiput, wherein in use with a patient having long hair, the back strap is adapted to extend under the patient's hair and urge upwardly on the patient's hair and against the patient's head beneath the occiput, and wherein in use with a patient having short hair, the back strap is adapted to urge against the patient's head beneath the occiput, wherein the strap arrangement is adapted to extend around the top of the patient's ears and includes opposing depending portions adapted to extend behind the patient's ears and terminate at a junction with the back strap such that the back strap extends rearwardly and downwardly in use, and wherein the opposing depending portions extend colinear with the back strap.