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 Title: |
US3818906:
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING EATING AND SMOKING HABITS
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Stubbs, James M.; Rockingham, NC 28379
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1974-06-25
/ 1972-12-01
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| Application Number: |
US1972000311204
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 1/24;
A61F 5/00;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/00B2; A61B1/24;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/234;
128/860;
128/897;
604/909;
Original:
128/136;
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| Field of Search: |
128/136,359
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| Priority Number: |
| 1972-12-01 |
US1972000311204 |
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| Abstract: |
Apparatus for reducing the craving for food and tobacco smoke including a flexible resilient member having a central portion received between the lower lip and teeth and a pair of outwardly extending side portions received between the user's cheeks and the teeth at the sides of the mouth. The central portion has a tab which may be flipped back and forth by the tongue.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Dowell, Jr., A. Yates ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Pace, Channing L.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. Apparatus for reducing the psychological need of excessive caloric intake, as well as the need for smoking tobacco comprising a flexible resilient sheet member of substantially chemically inert non-absorbent material, said member having a central portion and a pair of side portions, said central portion being of narrow width and of a length to fit between the lower lip and the lower incisor teeth of a user, said side portions being integrally connected to said central portion and having an enlarged substantially teardrop configuration, said side portions adapted to fit between the cheeks and the molar teeth of the lower jaw of the user, and flexible resilient tab means integrally connected to said central portion and extending generally upwardly from the upper edge thereof when said central portion is positioned between the incisor teeth and lower lip of the user and being bendable rearwardly over the lower incisor teeth of the user, whereby when said member is inserted into the mouth of the user said tab means may be manipulated both horizontally and vertically by the tongue of the user.
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| Forward References: |
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