Patent ID: 7219670

Claim:
A method for securing and for temporarily removing a nasal mask from a user's head comprising the steps of: a) providing said nasal mask with an upper portion releasably connected to a brow bar which is secured to the user's forehead with an upper strap; b) releasably attaching said lower portion of said nasal mask to the user's head with a lower strap wherein said lower portion of said nasal mask is releasably attached to the user's head by positioning an elastic lower strap which extends continuously around the user's head prior to attachment of said nasal mask in a recess in said lower portion of said mask; and c) temporarily removing said mask by removing said lower strap from said nasal mask recess and disconnecting said upper portion of said mask from said brow bar while leaving said brow bar secured to the user's forehead and said lower strap continuously extending around the user's head.