Patent ID: 7353827
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. Mask, comprising, a generally triangular shell including an apex portion and triangular walls providing an interior and including a shell outer peripheral portion, said apex portion provided with a circular opening circumscribed by an outwardly extending hollow cylindrical member for supplying gas to said mask, said shell outer peripheral portion provided with first mounting means; a seal including a seal outer peripheral portion; second mounting means embedded wholly within said seal outer peripheral portion except for a portion providing access to said first mounting means and for engaging said first mounting means to mount seal to said shell; one of said walls for being disposed beneath a person's nose and wherein said one wall is provided with a plurality of vent holes extending upwardly from said interior and angularly outwardly through said one wall; a malleable member mounted in said shell outer peripheral portion and for being deformed to deform said shell and thereby said seal to fit said seal to portions of a person's face; a plurality of adjustable headstraps for surrounding and being attached to a person's head; and a headstrap retention bracket mounted to said plurality of headstraps and provided with an inwardly extending generally semi-circular indentation generally complementary in shape to said cylindrical member and for permitting said headstrap retention bracket to wedgedly engage said cylindrical member to mount said shell and said seal removably to said plurality of headstraps.