Patent ID: 7959014

Claim:
A mask stand for accommodating different size anesthesia masks when not attached to an anesthesia circuit or a patient's airway, the mask stand comprising: a base, the base being wedged-shaped; a releasable securing means attached to a bottom surface of said base for securing said base to and releasing said base from any flat surface within an anesthesia environment; a first holding groove extending along a top surface of said base for receiving a first sized anesthesia mask; and a second holding groove also extending along the top surface of said base for receiving a second sized anesthesia mask, wherein said first holding groove and said second holding groove are positioned in a parallel configuration with respect to each other, each of said first and second holding grooves includes a front portion and a back portion, the front portion gradually decreasing in depth so as to terminate respective first and second holding grooves at one end without extending an entire length of the top surface of said base, and a depth of the front portion of the respective first and second holding grooves is less than a depth of the back portion of the respective first and second holding grooves wherein a back surface of said base and the bottom surface of said base form a 45 degree angle with respect to one another.