Resuscitator tube with mouthpiece sealing means

Claim 1

A resuscitator assembly comprising: a one-piece hollow tubular member having an upper end, a lower end, and an outer surface; an upper rescuer mouthpiece; a lower victim mouthpiece having an upper surface and a lower victim contacting surface; a plurality of openings in said lower end of said tubular member proximate said victim mouthpiece; means for sealing said victim mouthpiece to the face of the victim during resuscitation, said means for sealing comprising a wire member having an upper ring member with a plurality of hand supports extending outwardly therefrom, a lower ring member which engages said upper surface of said victim mouthpiece, and a plurality of connecting members fixedly secured at upper ends to said upper ring member and at lower ends to said lower ring member; said wire member slidably located on said outer surface of said tubular member; wherein during resuscitation the rescuer's hand exerts a downward sealing force on said victim mouthpiece via said upper ring, said hand supports, said connecting member, and said victim mouthpiece-engaging lower ring member.