Patent ID: 7146976

Claim:
A nasal cannula retention apparatus comprising: an article of headgear comprising; a substantially circular headband portion having left and right sides; said headband portion having a first length of loop fastener material attached to said left and right sides; a crown band having left and right ends, and interior and exterior faces; said left end of said crown band having a first length of hook fastener material attached to said interior face; said right end of said crown band having a second length of hook fastener material attached to said interior face; said left end of said crown band having a first length of loop fastener material attached to said exterior face; said right end of said crown band having a second length of loop fastener material attached to said exterior face; a first substantially cylindrical dowel portion having a proximal face and a distal face and a rounded upper surface; said rounded upper surface having a first recessed groove therein, adapted to retain a portion of a cannula supply tube therein; said proximal face of said first substantially cylindrical dowel portion having a first length of hook fastener material attached thereto; and a second substantially cylindrical dowel portion having a proximal face and a distal face and a rounded upper surface; said rounded upper surface having a second recessed groove therein, adapted to retain a portion of a cannula supply tube therein; said proximal face of said second substantially cylindrical dowel portion having a second length of hook fastener material attached thereto; wherein said first and second lengths hook fastener material on said interior faces of said left and right ends of said crown band are detachably engageable with said first length of loop fastener material attached to said left and right sides of said headband portion; and wherein said first length of hook fastener material attached to said proximal face of said first cannula supply tube retainer is detachably engageable with either said first length of loop fastener material on said headband portion or said first length of loop fastener material attached to said exterior face of said left end of said crown band; and and wherein said second length of hook fastener material attached to said proximal face of said second cannula supply tube retainer is detachably engageable with either said first length of loop fastener material on said headband portion or said second length of loop fastener material attached to said exterior face of said right end of said crown band.