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US5787894:
Jaw-closing anti-snoring system
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Holt, Harold; Houston, TX 77023
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-08-04
/ 1996-11-06
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| Application Number: |
US1996000764069
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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;
602/902;
Original:
128/848;
602/902;
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| Field of Search: |
128/846,848,857,858
602/017,902
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-11-06 |
US1996000764069 |
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| Abstract: |
A new Jaw-Closing Anti-Snoring System for controlling a user's snoring by supporting the user's jaw in a closed position while sleeping. The inventive device includes a strap having a first end and a second end, a securing means at the first and second end allowing the first end to removably secure to the second end, and an arcuate jaw support member formed to the shape of a jaw secured to the concentric portion of the strap and supporting the jaw of the user.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
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First Claim:
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What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:
1. A jaw-closing anti-snoring system comprising:
- an elongate strap having a first end and a second end, said elongate strap having a first end portion, a second end portion and a central jaw support portion between said first and second end portions; and
- a securing means attached to said first end and said second end for removably securing said first end to said second end to retain said elongate strap about a user's head; said central jaw support portion being a continuous and concavely shaped cup for receiving the jaw of a user;
- wherein said elongate strap is bounded by spaced edges, one said edge being substantially straight, the other said edge having sections along said first and second end portions being substantially straight and equidistant from said one edge, the section of said other edge along said central jaw support portion extending substantially perpendicular to the sections of said other edge along said end portions and being arcuate between said end portions.
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