Patent ID: 7997276

Claim:
A device for face-down, prone respiration comprising: a head support made of resilient material having a facial cavity conformable to the contours of a person's face; a plenum cavity in fluid communication with the person's face; a substantially L-shaped support base removably engaged to the head support; a horizontal member of the base engaged underneath the head support; a vertical member of the base engaged to an end of the head support proximate to the facial cavity and in fluid communication with the plenum cavity; the vertical member having at least one air pump intake pathway and at least one exhalation discharge pathway integral to the base whereby air pumped through said at least one air pump intake pathway creates a plenum in said plenum cavity which is inhaled by said person and air exhaled by said person is discharged back into said plenum cavity and out the at least one exhalation discharge pathway; and a one-way check valve disposed in the vertical member oriented so that a plenum in said plenum cavity maintains said one-way check valve in a closed state and a vacuum in said plenum cavity opens the one-way check valve to permit inhalation in the event the volume of air introduced through said at least one air pump intake pathway is insufficient to enable proper respiration.