US 12,409,291 B2
Adjustable forehead support for a mask
Martin Bechtel, Winsen/Luhe (DE); Arnold Frerichs, Buxtehude (DE); and Joachim Gardein, Tenerife/Canary Islands (ES)
Assigned to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed by Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,321.
Claims priority of application No. 102021001836.2 (DE), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323703 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0655 (2014.02) [A61M 16/0638 (2014.02); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A forehead support adjuster for a mask, wherein the forehead support adjuster comprises at least
a. a forehead support having a support arm and cushion holder,
b. a connection element,
c. a rail with at least one guide groove,
d. a slide element,
the slide element comprising at least one slide plate, at least one tenon and at least one guide element, the at least one tenon being mounted rotatably and slidably in the at least one guide groove of the rail, and the slide element being movably connected to the support arm, and wherein the forehead support adjuster is configured such that a movement of the slide element along the rail results in a pivoting of the forehead support about at least one pivot axis D,
and wherein
(i) at least two notches are arranged in the rail, and a latching lug is arranged on the at least one tenon, configured so that the latching lug can latch into the at least two notches and thereby fix a pivoting position; and/or
(ii) the support arm comprises at least two carriers, which are arranged parallel to each other and are connected to each other via connections which, together with the at least two carriers, form a free space through which the slide element is at least partially plugged; and/or
(iii) the support arm transitions at one end into the cushion holder, at an end of the support arm lying opposite the end with the cushion holder a peg being arranged on a connection, via which peg a closure piece is connected captively to the mask, and the cushion holder comprising a holder frame which, together with a holder center, forms a free space into which at least one cushion receiver protrudes from at least one side of the holder frame, in a direction of the holder center, and serves to receive a forehead cushion.