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US4366815:
Anti-snoring apparatus
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Broomes, Edward L. C.; East Chicago, IN 46312
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1983-01-04
/ 1981-06-04
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| Application Number: |
US1981000270380
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/56;
IPC-7:
A61F 13/12;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
602/902;
Original:
128/164;
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| Field of Search: |
128/134,135,136,164,75,DIG. 23
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| Priority Number: |
| 1981-06-04 |
US1981000270380 |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus for preventing a sleeping person from snoring while permitting normal, comfortable sleep, comprising a flexible cylindrically shaped body means designed to be worn in proximity to the user's neck and beneath the user's chin. Said cylindrically shaped body means is designed with a cross-sectional diameter sufficient at that portion which is worn beneath the user's chin to restrict forward cervical vertebral flexion, while permitting substantial flexibility of the neck in other directions to maximize comfort and permit normal sleep. The cylindrically shaped body means has a first end and a second end restrained within proximity to a plane tangential to the rear of the user's neck by a connecting device, yet displaced from immediate proximity to the back of the neck and head whereby said first and second ends of said body means do not encroach between said user's neck and the associated bedding, thereby permitting normal repose. Said cylindrically shaped body means is maintained in the appropriate orientation and proximity to the user's neck and chin by attachment straps passing around the user's neck or around the user's head and adjustably attached by suitable fastening means.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Alter, Irwin C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Yasko, John D.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for maintaining the user's chin in an elevated position during sleep to prevent snoring while otherwise not restricting displacement of the user's head or neck, said apparatus comprising:
- cylindrically shaped body means;
- said cylindrically shaped body means having a cross-sectional diameter at its center portion sufficient to intercede between the user's chin and chest to restrict forward flexion of the cervical vertibrae of the user;
- said cylindrically shaped body means having a cross-sectional area at all portions other than said central portion sufficiently narrow to permit substantial side flexion of the cervical vertibrae of said user;
- said cylindrical shaped body means being substantially flexible throughout its length;
- end connection means extending from the first and from the second end of said cylindrically shaped body means;
- said end connection means attached to and spanning between said first and second ends of said cylindrically shaped body means;
- attachment means affixed to said cylindrically shaped body means for maintaining said center portion of said cylindrically shaped body means proximate to said user's neck and substantially centered and secured beneath said user's chin;
- said cylindrically shaped body means comprising a resiliant core; and
- said cylindrically shaped body means including soft, absorbent, flexible covering.
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