Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters nasal passage
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-13
2001-07-24
Lewis, Aaron J. (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Respiratory gas supply means enters nasal passage
C128S200220
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263875
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to nasal decongesting devices and more particularly pertains to a new child nasal decongesting device for relieving nasal congestion in children.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of nasal decongesting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, nasal decongesting devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5752,510; U.S. Pat. No. 2,501,279; U.S. Pat. No. 2,946,332; U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,626; U.S. Pat. No. 3,949,751; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 299,866.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new child nasal decongesting device. The inventive device includes a bulb defining an air cavity therein and a facemask outwardly extending from the bulb. The facemask has an open distal end opposite the bulb designed for positioning over a mouth and nostrils of a user such that the mouth and nostrils of the user are covered by the distal end of the facemask. An elongate tube outwardly extends from the bulb through the facemask. The tube is in fluid communication with the air cavity and has an open distal end outwardly extending from the distal end of the facemask and which is designed for insertion into the mouth of the user when the distal end of the facemask is positioned over the user's mouth and nostrils.
In these respects, the child nasal decongesting device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of relieving nasal congestion in children.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of nasal decongesting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new child nasal decongesting device construction wherein the same can be utilized for relieving nasal congestion in children.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the nasal decongesting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child nasal decongesting device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art nasal decongesting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a bulb defining an air cavity therein and a facemask outwardly extending from the bulb. The facemask has an open distal end opposite the bulb designed for positioning over a mouth and nostrils of a user such that the mouth and nostrils of the user are covered by the distal end of the facemask. An elongate tube outwardly extends from the bulb through the facemask. The tube is in fluid communication with the air cavity and has an open distal end outwardly extending from the distal end of the facemask and which is designed for insertion into the mouth of the user when the distal end of the facemask is positioned over the user's mouth and nostrils.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention 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 invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new child nasal decongesting device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the nasal decongesting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child nasal decongesting device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art nasal decongesting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new child nasal decongesting device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new child nasal decongesting device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such child nasal decongesting device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device for relieving nasal congestion in children.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device which includes a bulb defining an air cavity therein and a facemask outwardly extending from the bulb. The facemask has an open distal end opposite the bulb designed for positioning over a mouth and nostrils of a user such that the mouth and nostrils of the user are covered by the distal end of the facemask. An elongate tube outwardly extends from the bulb through the facemask. The tube is in fluid communication with the air cavity and has an open distal end outwardly extending from the distal end of the facemask and which is designed for insertion into the mouth of the user when the distal end of the facemask is positioned over the user's mouth and nostrils.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new child nasal decongesting device that provides a means for blowing an infant's nose to clear the infant's nose of mucous fluids clogging the nasal passages.
These together with other objects of the invention, alo
Pace Emory
Pace Teata
Lewis Aaron J.
Mitchell Teena
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