Tracheotomy mask

Claim 1

A TRACHEOTOMY MASK INCLUDING IN COMBINATION: (1) A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC BODY HAVING AN OUTWARDLY BULGED FORWARD WALL, A RELATIVELY FLAT HORIZONTAL CRESCENT SHAPED TOP WALL INTURNED FROM SAID FORWARD WALL AND PROVIDING A CURVED INNER EDGE AND AN ELONGATED CHAMBER THEREBENEATH, AND THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID BODY LYING FORWARD OF SAID CRESCENT SHAPED TOP WALL AT THE CENTER OF THE MASK AND CURVING REARWARDLY TO FIT AROUND THE LOWER THROAT AND OPENING FOR THE TRACHEA THENCE UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY TO EMBRACE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE THROAT AND ADJOIN WITH THE REMOTE ENDS OF SAID CRESCENT-SHAPED TOP WALL PROVIDING AT SAID JUNCTURE RELATIVELY FLAT TAB-LIKE ATTACHING PORTIONS, A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS FLEXIBLE SEALING FLANGE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID EDGES OVER SAID TAB-LIKE ATTACHING PORTION, AND A TUBULAR PROJECTION CARRIED BY THE BULGED FORWARD WALL OF SAID BODY BETWEEN SAID EDGES, AND (2) A TUBING ADAPTER CONSISTING OF A SHELL HAVING A CYLINDRICAL PORTION WITH FLANGES AT AN INNER END AND AN OUTER END THEREOF, AND TUBULAR PROJECTION OF SAID BODY BEING STRETCHED AND SNAPPED INTO PLACE THEREAROUND BETWEEN THE TWO FLANGES, SO THAT THE TUBING ADAPTED IS ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY AND CAN BE SWIVELED TO ANY POSITION, SAID TUBING ADAPTER HAVING AN UNOBSTRUCTED EXHALATION OPENING THERETHROUGH AND A SHORT TUBING PORTION PROJECTING OUT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION, ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO AN OXYGEN HOSE.