Portable personal breathing apparatus and method for exercising the lungs
OwnerEverett D. Hougeninventor
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Abstract
A breathing apparatus having a main body with a generally cylindrical inner cavity. The main body has a main aperture for the user to breath into and at least two sets of outer openings. An inner cylinder is coaxially disposed within the inner cavity of the main body and is adapted to move relative to the main body. The inner cylinder has an open end adjacent the main aperture, and at least two sets of inner openings selectively matable with the openings in the main body upon movement of the inner cylinder with respect to the main body. By selecting the appropriate alignment of openings, either resistive, percussive, or pulsing breathing exercises can be performed.
Claims13
A breathing apparatus comprising:
- a first cylinder having a generally cylindrical first inner cavity and an aperture in communication with said inner cavity, said first cylinder further defining at least one elongated slot therethrough, said at least one elongated slot communicating with said first inner cavity and axially aligned with a longitudinal axis of said first cylinder;
- a second cylinder having a generally cylindrical second inner cavity, said first and said second cylinders telescopically mated one to the other in coaxial fashion and defining a main inner cavity, said first and said second cylinders being rotatable one with respect to the other wherein said second cylinder defines a plurality of elongated slots therethrough, said plurality of elongated slots communicating with said second inner cavity and axially aligned with said longitudinal axis;
- a rotation member affixed to said second cylinder for permitting manual rotation of said second cylinder with respect to said first cylinder, such that rotation of said second cylinder results in alternating alignment and misalignment of said slots of said first and second cylinders to correspondingly result in alternating fluid communication of said main inner cavity with an exterior of said breathing apparatus and blockage preventing said fluid communication of said main inner cavity with said exterior of said breathing apparatus.
A method for exercising the lungs, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a breathing apparatus having a first cylinder defining an inner cavity and an aperture in communication with the inner cavity wherein the first cylinder also defines at least one longitudinally aligned elongated slot in communication with the inner cavity and a second cylinder mated to the first cylinder in a coaxial fashion and rotatable one with the other wherein the second cylinder defines a plurality of longitudinally aligned elongated slots of substantially equal width therethrough and includes a rotation member affixed thereto for permitting manual rotation of the second cylinder with respect to the first cylinder;
- inhaling and exhaling into the first cylinder;
- rotating the second cylinder with respect to the first cylinder;
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- intermittently aligning and misaligning said at least one elongated slot in the first cylinder with the elongated slots in the second cylinder such that the rotation of the second cylinder results in alternating fluid communication of the main inner cavity defined by the combined first and second cylinders with an exterior of the breathing apparatus and preventing said fluid communication of said main inner cavity with said exterior of said breathing apparatus to intermittently restrict the ingress and egress of air into and out of the breathing apparatus to provide percussive bursts of air into the lungs.
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