User interface and head gear for a continuous positive airway pressure device

A portable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, the CPAP device comprising:

• a motor blower unit disposable within a wearable vest assembly, the motor blower unit being configured to produce pressurized gas;
• a user interface configured to be coupleable to a patient for delivery of the pressurized gas to the patient's airway;
• a patient hose having opposing hose ends and extending between the user interface and the motor blower unit;
• and
• a ball joint disposable on at least one of the hose ends and being configured to swivelably interconnect the patient hose to at least one of the user interface and the motor blower unit.

Head gear for mounting a user interface to a patient's head, the head gear comprising:

• a right-side assembly and a left-side assembly each including a side strap, a top head strap and a bottom head strap pivotally connectable to one another at a pivot joint;
• and
• wherein:
• each one of the head straps and side straps having a pivot end and an opposing free end;
• the free ends of the side straps being adjustably connectable to opposing sides of the user interface;
• the free ends of the top head straps being adjustably connectable to one another;
• the free ends of the bottom head straps being adjustably connectable to one another.