Patent ID: 6557548
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
An infant breathing aid assembly that is adapted for being removably inserted in a mouth of an infant, said assembly comprising:an oral member for placing in the mouth of the infant, a first end of said oral member having a chamber extending therein toward a second end of said oral member; a plurality of locking members being formed on an outer surface of said oral member; a face shield for preventing said oral member from being swallowed by the infant, said face shield being mounted on said oral member and positioned generally adjacent to said first end thereof; a vapor emitter for emitting vapors being removably insertable in said chamber of said oral member, said vapor emitter including an absorbent member for absorbing an aromatic material; a cover for covering said chamber being releasably attachable to said first end of said oral member, said cover comprising a plate and a peripheral wall being mounted to said plate and extending away from said plate; a plurality of protruding members being mounted to and extending away from an inner surface of said peripheral wall of said cover, each of said protruding members being selectively engagable with a respective one of said plurality of said locking members when said cover is attached to said first end of said oral member such that said cover is selectively lockable on said oral member to restrict the infant from accessing said vapor emitter; and said vapor emitter including a disk having a front surface and a back surface, said back surface selectively abutting a bottom wall of said chamber, said absorbent member being attached to and generally covering said front surface of said disk.