Patent ID: 7418963

Claim:
A mouth to mouth resuscitator device for use by a rescuer for resuscitating a victim, the device comprising: a sheet of flexible material having a top surface and an undersurface, the sheet forming a mouth opening; a hollow substantially rigid tube having an external surface, a first end, a second end and a tube length between the first and second ends, a tube passage aligned at least in part with the mouth opening, the tube having a major and minor cross-sectional dimension and extending from the undersurface of the sheet to the second end; a self closing one-way valve located within the tube passage to restrict flow from the second end to the first end of the tube and to allow flow from the first end to the second end when a rescuer exhales air into the mouth opening; and at least a first resilient and flexible tooth guard member having a major and minor cross-sectional dimension that surrounds at least a portion of the mouth opening on the top surface side of the sheet, the at least one guard member supported by at least one of a portion of the tube and the sheet for absorbing force, wherein the major cross-sectional dimensions are misaligned.