Patent ID: 7481223

Claim:
Apparatus for carrying oxygen tubes for a personal oxygen supply, the apparatus comprising: a nasal cannula; a right oxygen tube connecting an oxygen source to the nasal cannula; a left oxygen tube connecting the oxygen source to the nasal cannula; a headband having a front and a rear and a headband interior surface; and flaps attachable inside the headband against the headband interior surface creating interior passages on each side of the headband between each flap and headband interior surface, each flap attached to the headband interior surface by at least three spaced apart detachable attachments, adjacent ones of the attachments separated by gaps to allow positioning the oxygen tubes between the attachments, each passage including: a tubing entry towards the rear of the headband; a tubing exit towards the front of the headband; and the attachments creating a curved path for the oxygen tubes through the passages, the curved paths for restricting movement of the oxygen tubes residing in the passages.