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 Title: |
US5601093:
Snore-inhibiting device
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Sheehan, David V.; Mission Viejo, CA 92692
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-02-11
/ 1996-04-01
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| Application Number: |
US1996000625229
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/56;
IPC-7:
A61F 5/56;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56B; K63B71/08M2;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
128/859;
128/862;
Original:
128/848;
128/859;
128/862;
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| Field of Search: |
128/848,857-862,62 A
002/002
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-04-01 |
US1996000625229 |
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| Abstract: |
A snore-inhibiting device shaped and dimensioned for comfortable installation within the mouth of a user includes a pair of cooperating jaw pieces configured to cap the upper and lower teeth-and-gum structures. The jaw pieces are held together slightly ajar by their integrally molded rearward portions. The small gap between the jaw pieces is enlarged in the frontal area by a rectangular slot through which a tip portion of the tongue can be pushed. The jaw pieces are allowed to separate even more slightly under the pressure of the tongue then to resiliently close back and capture the tip of the tongue, thus keeping the tongue slightly forward from the teeth line. The upper and lower jaw pieces are asymmetrical in order to favor a stable positioning of the device against the lower jaw. The device is made from a thermal plastic having a low melting point so that it may be conformed to the user's dental structure after softening by immersion into boiling water.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Charmasson, Henri J. A. ;
Buchaca, John D. ;
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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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What is claimed is:
1. A snore-inhibiting device for insertion between a user's upper and lower teeth-and-gum structures and behind said user's upper and lower lips, which comprises:
- a pair of U-shaped jaw-pieces made of molded plastic material;
- a first one of said pieces shaped and dimensioned to loosely cap said upper structure and a second one of said pieces being shaped and dimensioned to loosely cap said lower structure;
- said pieces including co-extensively matching, opposite interfaces and integrally joined right and left rearward portions;
- said interfaces having a pair of substantially symmetrical, oppositely lined-up, elongated, shallow depressions located in median, forward sections of said pieces, said depressions being spaced apart from said rearward portions; and
- said depressions forming an elongated slot shaped and dimensioned to allow insertion therethrough of a tip portion of said user's tongue.
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