US 11,813,384 B2
Intramold headgear
Brett John Huddart, Auckland (NZ); Callum Ross Gordon, Auckland (NZ); Bruce Michael Walls, Auckland (NZ); Vitaly Kapelevich, Auckland (NZ); Jeroen Hammer, Auckland (NZ); David Monroy Felix, Auckland (NZ); Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Auckland (NZ); Matthew Roger Stephenson, Auckland (NZ); Paul Mathew Freestone, Auckland (NZ); Ryan Anthony Graham, Auckland (NZ); and Mark Arvind McLaren, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/061,493.
Application 17/061,493 is a continuation of application No. 14/856,502, filed on Sep. 16, 2015, granted, now 10,828,452.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/198,104, filed on Jul. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/159,857, filed on May 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/050,925, filed on Sep. 16, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016041 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0683 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0825 (2014.02); A61M 16/0866 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0875 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0618 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elongate strap for a headgear, comprising:
a textile outer layer;
a plastic core having a cross-sectional shape comprising two long sides and two short sides,
wherein the textile outer layer is secured to the two long sides of the plastic core to form an integral structure,
wherein the textile outer layer is spaced from each of the two short sides of the plastic core to create voids on each lateral edge of the elongate strap, and
wherein the textile outer layer wraps at least partially around the two short sides of the plastic core to create folds between a portion of the elongate strap having the plastic core and portions of the elongate strap having the voids.