Pediatric asthmatic medication inhaler

Claim 1

A pediatric medication inhaler comprising a body having an entering upstream end and an exit downstream end, means at said entering end for receiving structure for applying inhalation medication, one-way valve means in said body permitting air and medication to flow from said entering end to said exit end and preventing flow from said exit end to said entering end, and a mask-type adapter adapted to conform to an infant's face secured to said exit end having a first substantially frustoconical portion having a flared sidewall with an open base and an open apex with said apex secured in pneumatically sealed relation to said exit end, an integral second substantially frustoconical portion of pliable material coaxial with said first portion and having a flared sidewall and an open base and an open apex, said second portion apex being integral with said first portion base and said second portion sidewall flaring outwardly from said first portion at a greater angle than said first portion flares outwardly from said exit end and said second portion base having an outer annular edge defining said open base, the interior surface of the side wall of said second portion consisting of a frustoconically shaped surface extending from said open apex to said open base and thereby, at least adjacent said outer edge, being adapted to conform to an infant's face when in surface engagement therewith, and signal means mounted in said adapter first portion sidewall for providing a human perceptible signal upon breathing by said infant.