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US6289893:
Snore reducer jacket
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Levitt, Harold O.; Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2741
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2001-09-18
/ 2000-07-27
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| Application Number: |
US2000000627895
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/56;
IPC-7:
A61F 5/56;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56; K41B13/06S;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
128/871;
602/902;
Original:
128/848;
128/871;
602/902;
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| Field of Search: |
128/846,848,869,874,875,871
602/902
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| Priority Number: |
| 2000-07-27 |
US2000000627895 |
| 1999-08-06 |
US1999000147361P |
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| Abstract: |
The present appliance functions to resist rolling of a sleeping person from a side to a back-reclining position. It thus prevents airway blockage caused by collapsing of soft throat tissues and the back of the tongue due to gravity. The appliance includes a harness having straps encircling the shoulders and chest from a site proximate the mid-thoracic back region of a person, an elongated pouch supported by the harness and extending to opposite lateral sides of the mid-thoracic back region of the person, compressible columns enclosed within said pouch at opposite lateral sides to extend generally vertically and in a general parallel relation spaced apart by a compressible block, each compressible column facing one of the opposite lateral sides of the person, and a ribbed panel overlying the compressible columns and block of sufficient stiffness to maintain gaps between the compressible columns and the person's body until the person attempts to roll from a side-reclining position toward a back-reclining position, in which case one of the gaps closes, allowing compression of one of the columns between the body, the ribbed panel and the bed surface, causing sufficient discomfort to compel the person to return to a side-reclining position.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
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| Parent Case: |
This patent application is a modified and simplified version of provisional application No. 60/147,361 filed Aug. 6, 1999 entitled SNORE HALTER.
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An appliance to resist rolling of a person's body from a side-reclining to back-reclining position, thus alleviating snoring by preventing closure of the breathing airway, said appliance comprising:
- an elongated pouch having an opening extending partially or completely around its periphery;
- a belt and belt support loops attached to said pouch and fastening means for joining the belt ends at the front and/or back portion of said pouch;
- a harness attached to laterally opposite ends of said pouch and including members encircling the shoulders and chest from a site proximate the mid-thoracic region of a person, said harness including a front and back portion;
- compressible columns formed of resilient, high density foam material extending generally vertically and in a general parallel and spaced apart relation enclosed within said elongated pouch at the opposite lateral sides in a manner to locate the columns at the mid-thoracic back region of a person;
- a compressible, elongated rectangular block of resilient, low density foam material placed inside said pouch arranged to maintain the spaced apart relation of said compressible columns while maintaining a desired pressure on the central mid-thoracic back region of said person,
- a ribbed panel of flexible, solid material overlying said compressible columns and said compressible elongated block, the panel being of sufficient stiffness to maintain gaps between the opposite lateral sides of said elongated pouch and the mid-thoracic back region of said person.
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