# US 11,305,079 B2 · Oxygen enhanced exercise and rest system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,079 B2 - Document ID: US11305079B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/973,625 - Filed: 2018-05-08 - Published: 2019-11-14 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-08 - Assignees: Optimal Breathing, LLC - Applicants: Optimal Breathing, LLC - Inventors: Michael Grant White - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305079B2 ## CPC - A61M 16/0078: {Breathing bags} - A61M 16/0045: {Means for re-breathing exhaled gases, e.g. for hyperventilation treatment} - A61M 16/06: Respiratory or anaesthetic masks - A61M 16/0816: {Joints or connectors} - A61M 16/0883: {Circuit type} - A61M 16/101: {using an oxygen concentrator} - A61M 2202/0208: Oxygen - A61M 2205/056: with active exercise - A61M 2205/6036: characterised by physical shape, e.g. array of activating switches - A62B 9/04: Couplings; Supporting frames - A63B 2213/005: with respiratory gas delivering means, e.g. O2 - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00) - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract The present invention provides methods and systems for a breathing system, comprising breathing apparatus having a rigid base structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein the top portion contains an arcuate section for covering a user's nose and the bottom portion is wider than the top portion for covering a user's mouth, the base structure contains an outer edge. A facepiece is engaged to the outer edge of the base structure and surrounds the base structure. A side passageway is disposed on a side of the base structure and is surrounded by a rim on the external surface of the base structure that extends outwardly from the external surface. A hose attachment device is selectively secured to the rim. The system also includes a storage device, and an oxygen supply. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A breathing apparatus, comprising: a rigid base structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein the top portion contains an arcuate section for covering a user's nose and the bottom portion is wider than the top portion for covering a user's mouth, the base structure contains an outer edge; a facepiece is engaged to the outer edge of the base structure and surrounds the base structure; a side passageway is disposed on a side of the base structure and is surrounded by a rim on the external surface of the base structure that extends outwardly from the external surface, the rim including a first rim end engaged to the base structure, a second rim end distal to the base structure, and a key proximal the second rim end and offset from the first rim end, the key protruding radially outward from an annular body of the rim, the annular body adapted for oxygen to flow therethrough; and a hose attachment ring selectively secured to the rim, the hose attachment ring including a first concentric ring, a second concentric ring, and a follow tube, the first concentric ring including a shelf extending radially inward at an end of the first concentric ring, the shelf defining a juncture between the first concentric ring and the hollow tube, the second concentric ring extending from the first concentric ring in a direct opposite the hollow tube, the second concentric ring including a diameter smaller than that of the first concentric ring, and the second concentric ring is adapted to receive the rim therein, wherein the hose attachment ring includes a lip and a ridge, the lip extending radially inward from an end of the second concentric ring distal to the first concentric ring, the lip forming a keyed opening sized to receive the key, and the ridge extending radially inward at a position axially offset from the lip and circumferentially aligned with the keyed opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The breathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rim includes a plurality of keys including the key, the plurality of keys being proximal the second rim end and offset from the first rim end and circumferentially spaced an equal distance apart. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The breathing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least one front passageway disposed on the breathing apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The breathing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the front passageway is adapted for oxygen to flow therethrough, the front passageway including a tube with a bend offset from the base structure, the tube extending to an outlet portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The breathing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the outlet portion contains ridges on the external surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The breathing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of front passageways are disposed on the breathing apparatus. ### Claim 7 A breathing system, comprising: a breathing apparatus, comprising: a rigid base structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, an internal surface, and an external surface, wherein the top portion contains an arcuate section for covering a user's nose and the bottom portion is wider than the top portion for covering a user's mouth, the base structure contains an outer edge; a facepiece is engaged to the outer edge of the base structure and surrounds the base structure; two side passageways, each being disposed on opposing sides of the base structure and each being surrounded by a rim on the external surface of the base structure that extends outwardly from the external surface; and two hose attachment rings, each being selectively secured to one of the rims; a storage device; two flexible hoses separately connected to the storage device, each connecting to one of the two hose attachment rings, such that the two flexible hoses connect to the breathing apparatus on the opposing sides of the base structure; and an oxygen supply, wherein each of the two hose attachment rings includes a first concentric ring, a second concentric ring, and a hollow tube, a first concentric ring including a shelf extending radially inward at an end of the first concentric ring, the shelf defining a juncture between the first concentric ring and the hollow tube, the second concentric ring extending from the first concentric ring in a direction opposite the hollow tube, the second concentric ring including a diameter smaller than that of the first concentric ring, and the second concentric ring is adapted to receive a corresponding rim therein, and wherein the corresponding rim includes a key protruding radially outward form an end of the corresponding rim distal to and offset from the rigid base stricture, and each of the two hose attachment rings including a lip and a ridge, the lip extending radially inward from an end of the second concentric ring distal to the first concentric ring, the lip forming a keyed opening sized to receive the key, and the ridge extending radially inward at a position axially offset from the lip and circumferentially aligned with the keyed opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The breathing system according to claim 7, wherein the storage device comprises a first side having an outer edge; a second side having an outer edge and the outer edge of the first side and the outer edge of the second side are engaged together forming an interior cavity; an inlet opening within either the first side or the second side for allowing oxygen to be inserted into the cavity; a plurality of outlet openings within the first side and/or second side for allowing oxygen to exit the storage device, each of the two flexible hoses connecting to separate outlet openings. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The breathing system according to claim 7, wherein each of the two flexible hoses includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is engaged to a first adaptor and the second end is engaged to a second adaptor, the first adaptor is engaged to a corresponding rim of the breathing apparatus and the second adaptor is engaged to a corresponding outlet in the storage device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The breathing system according to claim 8, further comprising a hose having a first end and a second end, the first end of the hose engaged to the oxygen supply and the second end engaged to the inlet opening in the storage device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The breathing system according to claim 7, wherein the storage device is composed of medical grade thermoplastic polyurethane.