Patent ID: 7204246

Claim:
An apparatus for providing oxygen to an individual, the apparatus comprising: (a) an outer casing having a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end being open, (b) an oxygen canister having a top end and a bottom end, the top end of the oxygen canister having a pressure valve, (c) a volume of pressurized oxygen located within the oxygen canister, (d) a slide lever dispenser attached to the top end of the outer casing, (e) a nostril piece having a first end and a second end, the first end of the nostril piece attached to the top end of the outer casing, (f) a first tunnel and a second tunnel, each tunnel located within the nostril piece, each tunnel having a first end and a second end, the first end of each tunnel located at the first end of the nostril piece, the second end of each tunnel located at the second end of the nostril piece, the first tunnel and the second tunnel being separate and fluidly non-connecting, (g) wherein the oxygen canister is inserted through the bottom end of the outer casing such that the pressure valve of the oxygen canister rests against the slide lever dispenser, (h) further wherein engagement of the slide lever dispenser causes a small amount of oxygen within the oxygen canister to be released through the pressure valve directly into the nostril piece.