Patent ID: 8196583

Claim:
A patient interface assembly, comprising: (a) a patient interface device including a first fastening element and a second fastening element; and (b) a headgear for attaching the patient interface device to a head of a user, the headgear comprising: (1) headgear member having a first headgear attachment portion and a second headgear attachment portion, and (2) an attaching mechanism coupling the first headgear attachment portion to the first fastening element and coupling the second headgear attachment portion to the second fastening element, and wherein one adjustment of the attaching mechanism controls a tension in the connection between both (i) the first headgear attachment portion and the first fastening element and (ii) the second headgear attachment portion and the second fastening element simultaneously a beam having a central portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion, wherein the central portion wraps around a back of a user's neck or head and remains below such a user's external occipital protuberance such that the first end portion is located proximate to a right side of such a user's head and the second end portion is located proximate to a left side of such a user's head, and wherein the beam provides all of the force needed to secure such an object to a head of a user; a first ear loop operatively coupled to the first end portion of the beam, wherein the first ear loop includes at least one of a first upper arm adapted to be positioned above an ear of such a user and a first lower arm adapted to be positioned below an ear of such a user, wherein the first headgear attachment portion is provided on the first upper arm, and wherein the second headgear attachment portion is provided on the first lower arm.