Patent ID: 7878200

Claim:
A headgear for securing a patient airway interface device to a patient's head, such as an infant patient's head, the headgear being transitionable from a flat state to a wrapped state when applied to the patient's head, the headgear comprising: a central body defining, in the flat state, a top portion terminating in a top end and a bottom portion terminating in a bottom end, the central body adapted to be positionable at a rear of the patient's head whereby the bottom portion is adjacent an occipital bone of the patient's; first and second forehead straps extending from opposite sides, respectively, of the central body, wherein in the flat state, each strap includes a trailing segment extending from the central body and a leading segment extending from the trailing segment, the trailing segment extending in a first spatial direction and the leading segment extending in a second spatial direction, the second spatial direction differing from the first spatial direction; and first and second lower straps extending from opposite sides, respectively, of the central body, each lower strap being laterally spaced from a corresponding one of the forehead straps in a direction opposite the top end, wherein in the flat state, the leading segment of the first and second forehead straps extends in the second spatial direction toward the first and second lower straps.