Apparatus for use in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR USE IN MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF TUBULAR MEMBERS CROSS-COUPLED TO FORM A FOUR-ARM TUBULAR STRUCTURE WITH SUCCESSIVE ARMS CORRESPONDING TO AN AIR INTAKE LINE, AN OPERATOR''S MOUTHPIECE, AN EXHAUST LINE, AND A PATIENT''S MOUTHPIECE, MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID AIR INTAKE LINE FOR BLOCKING THE FLOW OF AIR BETWEEN THE OPEN END OF SAID AIR INTAKE LINE AND SAID OPERATOR''S MOUTHPIECE DURING THE EXHALATION EFFORT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE MOUTH IS COUPLED TO SAID OPERATOR''S MOUTHPIECE AND FOR PERMITTING SUCH A FLOW DURING THE INHALATION EFFORT OF SAID INDIVIDUAL, MEANS POSITIONED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID CROSS-COUPLED TUBULAR MEMBERS FOR BLOCKING THE FLOW OF AIR BETWEEN SAID OPERATOR''S AND SAID PATIENT''S MOUTHPIECE DURING THE INHALATION EFFORT OF SAID INDIVIDUAL AND FOR PREMITTING SUCH A FLOW TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE EXHALATION EFFORT OF SAID INDIVIDUAL AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID EXHAUST LINE FOR MAINTAINING SAID LINE CLOSED DURING THE EXHALATION EFFORTS OF SAID INDIVIDUAL AND FOR OPENING SAID EXHAUST LINE TO THE ATMOSPHERE IN RESPONSE TO AIR DISCHARGED INTO SAID PATIENT''S MOUTHPIECE BY SAID PATIENT DURING SAID INDIVIDUAL''S INHALATION EFFORTS.