Patent ID: 7080648

Claim:
A medical device used to overcome upper airway obstruction when a patient is placed in a supine position comprising: a flat rectangular support base; a support frame having a superior and lateral sides, and the support frames lateral sides attach perpendicularly to the flat rectangular support base, wherein the superior and lateral sides of the support frame define a plurality of holes; a harness, having a headband section, the headband section having a front and a rear section, and two belt sections, each belt section having a fixed end and an adjustable end, wherein the headband section defines two apertures in the rear of the headband section and further comprise of two tension strips, each tension strip having a fixed end and an adjustable end, wherein the fixed ends of the tension strips are attached on the headband at locations that are flush with the outer sides of the apertures and the tension strips run toward the front of the headband section and the adjustable ends of the tension strips attach to receiving headband sections, and wherein each belt section is fixedly attached to the front section of the headband and the belt sections are further fixedly attached to each other to form an x-junction between the belt sections and wherein the adjustable ends of the belt sections are threaded through the apertures of the headband section, the adjustable ends of the belt sections of the harness attach to the lateral sides of the support frame.