Patent ID: 8083672

Claim:
A laryngoscope having a tongue member and a palate blade member interconnected by a slider member that is adjustably attached to a portion of the tongue member and is pivotally connected at a bottom end to a middle portion of the palate blade member; the tongue member including a vertical body portion having front and rear sides, a tongue blade extending in a distal direction from the front side adjacent a bottom of the vertical body, the tongue blade having a length to width ratio of about 10:1 and a cross-sectional shape substantially in the form of an inverted pyramid, said tongue blade being positioned at an acute angle relative to the vertical body portion, the vertical body portion further including a clip member on the front side and a set of horizontal grooves on an upper portion of the rear side; the palate blade member having a rear portion and a front portion, the rear portion having a upper section, and a lower section formed with a of spaced apart depending arms, the front portion comprised of two legs that extend from a bottom portion of the spaced apart depending arms, respectively, the two legs being spaced apart to define an open fenestration there between, a distal end of each of the two legs including a depending step and block configuration; the slider member including an upper portion having a latch member that will releasably interact with the horizontal grooves on the vertical body, a centrally located, rearwardly extending ratchet that will releasably interact with an aperture provided in the upper section of the palate blade to provide hands free adjusting of the relative position between the palate blade and the tongue member.