Patent Application
20230010836
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The disclosure relates to continuous positive airway pressure device and more particularly pertains to a new continuous positive airway pressure device for protecting a user from breathing airborne particles. The device includes a continuous positive air pressure machine that has shoulder straps for wearing on a user's back. A face shield is included and a face mask is included that is in fluid communication with the continuous positive air pressure machine. The face mask is worn on a user's face to inhibit the user from breathing ambient air and the face shield is worn over the face mask.
The prior art relates to continuous positive airway pressure devices including a pair of eyeglasses with air tubes integrated therein that are in fluid communication with a pressurized air source for breathing. The prior art discloses a portable air purifier that includes absorbent elements for absorbing particles from breathing air. The prior art discloses a positive pressure air flow device that includes a respirator and an air filter being integrated into the respirator for filtering breathing air.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a continuous positive airway pressure machine that has an intake and an exhaust. A pair of shoulder straps is each coupled to the continuous positive airway pressure machine for wearing the continuous positive airway pressure machine on the user's back. An intake hose is fluidly coupled to the intake of the continuous positive airway pressure machine, a filter is fluidly coupled to the intake hose, and an exhaust hose is fluidly coupled to the exhaust of the continuous positive airway pressure machine. A face mask is fluidly coupled to the exhaust hose to receive the pressurized air from the exhaust hose thereby inhibiting the user from breathing ambient air.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of shoulder straps 32 is each coupled to the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12. Moreover, each of the shoulder straps 32 can be worn over a user's shoulders 34 for wearing the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12 on the user's back 36. Each of the shoulder straps 32 has a first end 38, a second end 40 and a first surface 42 extending between the first end 38 and the second end 40. The first surface 42 of each of the shoulder straps 32 is coupled to the front wall 18 of the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12. Furthermore, the first end 38 of a respective shoulder strap 32 is matable to the second end 40 of the respective shoulder strap 32 having the respective shoulder strap 32 forming a closed loop. Each of the shoulder straps 32 might include a first mating member 44 coupled to the first end 38 and a second mating member 46 coupled to the second end 40, and the first mating member 44 might releasably engage the second mating member 46. Additionally, each of the first mating member 44 and the second mating member 46 may comprise complementary buckles or the like.
A face shield 48 is provided and the face shield 48 can be worn over the user's face 50. The face shield 48 includes a head band 51 and a window 52 that extends downwardly from a bottom surface 54 of the head band 51. In this way the head band 60 can be worn around the user's head 56 having the window 52 being positioned in front of the user's face 50. A holder 58 is coupled to and extends away from the face shield 48. The holder 58 includes a stem 60 extending rearwardly away from the head band 51 and a sleeve 62 that is positioned on a distal end 64 of the stem 60.
An intake hose 66 is fluidly coupled to the intake 14 of the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12 to direct air into the intake 14. The holder engages the intake hose 66 thereby facilitating the intake hose 66 to be vertically oriented when each of the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12 and the face shield 48 are worn. The intake hose 66 has a first end 68 and a second end 70, and the first end 68 of the intake hose 66 is fluidly coupled to the intake 14. The intake hose 66 extends through the sleeve 62 such that the second end 70 of the intake hose 66 is spaced from the sleeve 62.
A filter 72 is provided and the filter 72 is fluidly coupled to the intake hose 66. In this way the filter 72 can filter particles and microbes from the air passing into the intake hose 66. The filter 72 is positioned on the second end of the intake hose 66 and the filter 72 may comprise a high efficiency particulate air filter or other type of air filter that can filter down to 3.0 microns such that the filter 72 can filter viruses. An exhaust hose 74 is fluidly coupled to the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12 to receive pressurized air from exhaust 16 of the continuous positive airway pressure machine 12. The exhaust hose 74 has a primary end 76 and a secondary end 78, and the primary end 76 is fluidly coupled to the exhaust 16.
A face mask 80 is provided and the face mask 80 is fluidly coupled to the exhaust hose 74 to receive the pressurized air from the exhaust hose 74 thereby. The face mask 80 has a nose portion 82 and a mouth portion 84 to cover the user's nose 86 and the user's mouth 88, respectively, when the face mask 80 is worn. In this way the face mask 80 inhibits the user from breathing ambient air. Thus, the face mask 80 protects the user from airborne bacteria and airborne viruses. The face mask 80 has an inlet 90 and the inlet 90 is fluidly coupled to the secondary end 78 of the exhaust hose 74. A strap 92 is coupled to the face mask 80 such that the strap 92 forms a closed loop for wearing around the user's head 56.
In use, the shoulder straps 32 are worn over the user's shoulders 34 for wearing the continuous positive air pressure machine 12 on the user's back 36. The face mask 80 is worn on the user's face 50 and the face shield 48 is worn on the user's head 56. In this way the air that the user breathes is filtered by the continuous positive air pressure machine 12 and the face shield 48 protects the user's face 50 from airborne particles. Additionally, the positive air pressure in the face mask 80 inhibits the user from breathing ambient air. In this way the user has total protection against inhaling airborne viruses, bacteria or contaminants.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
