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 Title: |
US4815456:
Hygienic device
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Cosentino, Leonard J.; Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Rubin, Harold; Beachwood, OH 44122
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1989-03-28
/ 1987-07-20
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| Application Number: |
US1987000075551
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/00;
A61F 6/00;
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IPC-7:
A61F 8/56;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/859;
128/206.12;
128/206.13;
128/206.14;
128/830;
128/844;
604/352;
604/353;
Original:
128/859;
604/352;
604/353;
128/206.12;
128/206.13;
128/206.14;
128/830;
128/844;
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| Field of Search: |
128/163,169,201.18,201.19,201.22,201.23,201.24,201.25,205.25,205.26,205.27,206.12,206.13,206.14,201.14,201.15,201.26,206.21,206.28,206.23,206.24,136,132 R
604/353
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| Priority Number: |
| 1987-07-20 |
US1987000075551 |
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| Abstract: |
A device is disclosed for providing reduced opportunity for germs, viruses and other substances from entering the human mouth under various circumstannces. The device comprises a planar latex membrane adapted to be worn over the mouth and attached to the ears, and having a hollow, generally conical or cylindrical protuberant extension of the membrane deviating from the planar cofiguration at a central location.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Krass & Young ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Sam, Charles H.
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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Having described the invention, we claim:
1. A hygienic barrier device comprising:
- a continuous, seamless, elastomeric membrane of a uniform thickness in a range of between 0.003 to 0.020 inches and of a generally flat, rectangular shape configured to include a generally conical protuberance approximately 1 to 3 inches in height and approximately 1 to 2 inches in diameter at the base disposed in the approximate center thereof and adapted to receive a human tongue therein, said membrane provided with means defining an opening proximate each of the ends thereof, each of said openings adapted to permit passage of a human ear therethrough, whereby said device is adapted to be fixedly retained upon a human face and cover the lips, mouth and tongue thereof, so as to form a continuous barrier to disease causing agents.
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