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US5687743:
Head strap assembly for reducing snoring activity
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Goodwin, Isabell; Pueblo, CO 81004
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-11-18
/ 1996-10-24
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| Application Number: |
US1996000736497
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/56;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/56;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
128/876;
602/018;
602/902;
Original:
128/848;
128/876;
602/018;
602/902;
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| Field of Search: |
128/846,848,859-862
602/017,902
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-10-24 |
US1996000736497 |
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| Abstract: |
A head strap assembly for reducing snoring activity includes a front strap for extending around a head spaced forwardly of ears and below a chin of a user, a rear strap for extending around the head and rearwardly of the ears and above the chin of the user with the rear strap crossing the front strap between the ears and chin of the user, and a link strap interconnecting the front and rear straps above the ears of the user. The front strap preferably has an upper portion and a lower portion with pairs of adjacent ends for positioning on each side of the head of the user. The assembly may also include an adjustable fastening elements which are attached to the pair of adjacent ends of the upper and lower portions of the front strap for providing overlapping releasable coupling of the adjacent ends of the upper and lower portions of the front strap to one another. The assembly may also include an upper chin pad, a lower chin pad and a head pad. The upper chin pad is slidably mounted to the rear strap for positioning above the chin of the user. The lower chin pad is slidably mounted to the lower portion of the front strap for positioning below the chin of the user. The head pad is slidably mounted to the link strap for positioning on the head of the user.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Flanagan & Flanagan ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A head strap assembly for reducing snoring activity, said assembly comprising:
- (a) a front strap for extending around a head of a user spaced forwardly of ears of the user from a first location over a top of the head downwardly to below a chin of the user;
- (b) a rear strap for extending around the head of the user rearwardly of the ears from a second location over the top of the head spaced a short distance rearwardly from said front strap so as to be above the ears of the user downwardly to above the chin of the user spaced above said front strap, said rear strap crossing said front strap between the ears and chin of the user; and
- (c) a link strap interconnecting said front and rear straps and being spaced above the ears of the user and disposed on the top of the head of the user, said link strap having front and rear opposite ends attached respectively to said front and rear straps;
- (d) said front strap including
- (i) an upper portion having a pair of opposite ends and attached at a location between said opposite ends to said front end of said link strap, said opposite ends of said upper portion of said front strap extending in opposite directions away from said front end of said link strap and downwardly toward the chin of the user,
- (ii) a lower portion separate from said upper portion of said front strap, said lower portion adapted to extend under and around the chin of the user and having a pair of opposite ends extending upwardly from the chin for meeting and overlapping with the downwardly extending opposite ends of the upper portion of the front strap on opposite sides of the head of the user forwardly of the ears, and
- (iii) adjustable fastening means attached to each of said pairs of opposite ends of said upper and lower portions of said front strap for providing overlapping releasable coupling of said pair of opposite ends of said upper portion of said front strap to said pair of opposite ends of said lower portion of said front strap on opposite sides of the head of the user forwardly of the ears, said link strap being substantially shorter in length than either lengths that said opposite ends of said upper portion of said front strap extend in opposite directions from said link strap.
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