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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Paul Mathew Freestone, Auckland, NZ;
Janine Elizabeth Collins, Auckland, NZ;
Ryan Anthony Graham, Auckland, NZ;
Vitaly Kapelevich, Auckland, NZ;
Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Auckland, NZ;
Sophie Kathryn Randles, Auckland, NZ;
Silas Sao Jin Siew, Auckland, NZ;
Steve Thomas, Auckland, NZ;
Ronan Leahy, Auckland, NZ;
Max Leon Betteridge, Auckland, NZ;
Callum Ross Gordon, Auckland, NZ;
Vicky Dan Gao, Auckland, NZ;
Cameron Robert Willis, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
FIGS.-D &A-D disclose a large variety of methods of forming the headgear for use in combination with a breathing apparatus comprising a unitary plastic core within textile casings. In some configurations, the plastic core material penetrates or bursts-through the textile casing of the straps. Some configurations include over moulding, alignment posts, T-joints and joint housings with injection aperture. FIGS.-&A-C disclose a large variety of different headgear arrangements including top strap, front strap, rear strap and pairs of straps extending from the mask above and below the ear to meet behind the ear. FIGS.-B disclose a large variety of connectors connecting the headgear assembly to the mask assembly where the headgear, mask and connector form a closed loop the connector is disengaged with the mask assembly.