Head enclosing treatment hood

• US 6,854,459 B1
• Filed: 09/06/2002
• Issued: 02/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gerald L. Cox
• Original Assignee: Gerald L. Cox
• Inventors: Cox, Gerald L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bennett, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ragonese, Andrea M.
• Application Number:
  US10/237,223
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 128/200.24, 128/201.22, 128/201.23, 128/201.25, 128/201.28, 128/201.29, 128/206.21, 128/206.23, 128/206.24, 128/206.28, 128/207.11, 2/215, 217/13, 220/5, 220/2, 2/217, 2/5, 2/61, 2/62, 2/66, 242/1, 242/2, 2/214, 2/21
• US Class Current: 128/201.23
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 17/04 Hoods

Abstract

A head enclosing gas hood for treating respiratory ailments is placeable over a patient'"'"'s head for providing a gas, preferably oxygenated, to said patient. The treatment gas hood has a hood portion which is connected to a hood ring. The hood ring slides over a two-piece neck ring, the two-piece neck ring consisting of an upper neck ring and a lower neck ring retained in adjacent relationship. The hood ring slides over the two-piece neck ring and forms a sealing relationship therewith. The two-piece neck ring has a neck seal retained therein and has a sealing ring on the outer periphery thereof for engagement with the working surface of the hood ring. Ports may be provided for directing a flow of a gas into and from the interior portion of the hood where the individual'"'"'s head is located. The neck seal provides an adequate seal between the neck ring and the individual'"'"'s neck such that a pressurized environment may be created in the hood if desired. The hood may also be used to create a local environment different from ambient, such as rich in oxygen for the patient to breathe without pressurizing the hood. The two-piece neck ring may also have a retaining ring for holding the neck seal in place after the upper and lower neck rings are retained together.

Claims

1. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring affixed to said hood ring comprised of an upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend, wherein said hooks lockingly engage said lower neck ring to fixedly join said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring together;

at least one gas port in flow communication with a source of gas and the interior of said hood; and

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring.

2. The hood of claim 1, said hood ring including a plurality of strap holding tabs.

3. The hood of claim 1, each of said downwardly extending hooks having a grasping ridge at one end.

4. The hood of claim 3, each of said downwardly extending hooks farther having a clip retention hub on a surface opposite said grasping ridge and in contact with said lower neck ring so as to bias said grasping ridge more tightly against said lower neck ring and lockingly engage said hook with said lower neck ring.

5. The hood of claim 1, said lower neck ring component having at least one hook stand off ridge downwardly extending from the bottom side of said lower neck ring.

6. The hood of claim 5, said hook stand off ridge extending below said lower neck ring for a distance greater than a length of each of said hooks when said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring are lockingly engaged.

7. The hood of claim 5, said hook stand off ridge circumscribing said lower neck ring.

8. The hood of claim 5 having two hook stand off ridges.

9. The hood of claim 8, said two stand off ridges positioned on either side of said aperture on said lower neck ring.

10. The hood of claim 1, said upper neck ring and lower neck ring having a retaining mechanism between them and in frictional engagement with said neck seal.

11. The hood of claim 10, said retaining mechanism being a retaining ridge extending upward from said lower neck ring and an O-ring positioned in a groove in said upper neck ring and wherein said retaining ridge, said O-ring and said neck seal are in compressional contact.

12. The hood of claim 11, said O-ring being sandwiched between and in direct contact with said ridge and said neck seal.

13. The hood of claim 11, said neck seal being sandwiched between and in direct contact with said O-ring and sad retaining ridge.

14. The hood of claim 10, said neck seal having a peripheral end rolled to form a gasket and said peripheral rolled end in frictional contact with said upper and lower neck ring.

15. The hood of claim 1, said hood having a first gas port and a second gas port.

16. The hood of claim 15, said first and second gas ports having caps detachably affixed to said gas ports.

17. The hood of claim 1, said two piece neck ring having a device port extending therethrough.

18. The hood of claim 17, said device port having a device port closure sealing said device port when not in use.

19. The hood of claim 18, said device port closure comprising a conical-shaped cap with a plurality of gradations wherein the end of said cap is cut off at said gradation that produces an opening with a diameter substantially equivalent to a diameter of a monitoring device to be inserted through said opening.

20. The hood of claim 1, said hood having a structural cage attached thereto.

21. The hood of claim 20, said structural cage being comprised of stiff bands of plastic arranged in vertical rows along said hood.

22. The hood of claim 20, said structural cage being comprised of ribs of air pockets spaced around said hood.

23. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring affixed to said hood ring comprised of an upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend and wherein said hooks lockingly engage said lower neck ring to fixedly join said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring together;

at least one locking clip removably retained on said hood ring and retaining said neck ring to said hood ring; and

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring.

24. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring retained under said hood ring having of an upper neck ring, said upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks, and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend;

wherein said hooks engage said lower neck ring along a retaining bead circumscribing a lower side of said lower neck ring to fixedly join said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring together;

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring.

25. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring sealingly combined with said hood ring having of an upper neck ring, said upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks, and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend;

wherein said hood has a structural cage formed integrally within said hood;

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring.

26. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring sealingly combined with said hood ring having of an upper neck ring, said upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks, and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend;

said neck ring having a plurality of gas ports and at least one device port formed therein;

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is sealingly engaged compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring.

27. A head enclosing treatment hood, comprising:

a hood affixed to a hood ring;

a two piece neck ring sealingly combined with said hood ring having of an upper neck ring, said upper neck ring having a plurality of downwardly extending hooks, and a lower neck ring having a plurality of apertures through which said hooks extend;

a neck seal extending inwardly from said two piece neck ring wherein said neck seal is compressively disposed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring by an O-ring seal, said O-ring seal compressed between said upper neck ring and said lower neck ring by a retaining ridge;

a plurality of hook standoff ridges extending downward from said lower neck ring about said downwardly extending hooks of said upper neck ring and extending below a lower edge of said hooks.