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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974324 | Adaptable device for delimiting and organizing spaces and volumes An evolutionary and reusable device for delimiting and organising spaces and volumes, adaptable to the dimensions of an existing architectural space, is capable of being modified without accessories, easily and rapidly decorated by the user by means of decorative ob... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6911123 | Facing-targets-type sputtering apparatus and method Disclosed is a facing-targets-type sputtering apparatus and method capable of forming a metal film under the conditions of low gas pressure and low discharge voltage. An opening is formed in each of two facing side faces of a vacuum chamber vessel or in each of two ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6821546 | Process for production of surimi from fish infected with parasites and utilization of such surimi This invention provides a process for production of surimi with stable quality from fish infected with the parasite Ichthyophonus hoferi, and a process for production of surimi based products of good quality using the surimi as the raw material. In the proces... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6794765 | Engine starting control system and method therefor In order to improve the reliability of engine starting by using a motor, the engine cranking using the motor is started according to a request for starting the engine, and when the elapsed time from the starting time of the engine operation reaches a first predeterm... | 09/21/2004 |
| D493015 | Protect sheet of catching surface of baseball glove | 07/13/2004 |
| 6748406 | Bit search device and bit search method When one clock signal (CLK) is output, the following operations are performed: an input data signal D is latched by a data latch; a detection-type signal K is latched by a signal latch; the input data signal D is input to a 1 detecting circuit and a 0 detecting circ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6728381 | Noise reducing circuit Predetermined frequency components contained in a luminance signal are extracted by BPF (12a)-(12n), and amplified by limited amplifiers (16a)-(16n). As a result, an addition signal, including a luminance signa... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6727573 | Semiconductor device having triple well structure The semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises: a semiconductor substrate 10 of a first conductivity type; a well 28 of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type formed in a region 18 surroundin... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726312 | Ink jet head for use in a printer There is provided an ink jet head to transmit a shock wave propagated by an oscillator plate to the ink discharge orifice without significant power-loss for ink ejection. An ink jet head has a body (10) having an oscillator plate with an outer surface (11 | 04/27/2004 |
| 6725820 | Valve-operating mechanism in engine A valve-operating mechanism includes cam followers carried on an engine body 1 with their tip ends being in sliding contact with the cam, rocker arms integrally connected to the cam followers and carried on the engine body coaxially with said cam followers wi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6720096 | Dielectric element A dielectric element employing an oxide-based dielectric film capable of suppressing oxidation of an electrode or deterioration of film characteristics of the oxide-based dielectric film is obtained. This dielectric element comprises an insulator film including the ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6717366 | Apparatus for controlling power supply for use in motor vehicle An apparatus for controlling power supply for use in a vehicle causes a lamp load to blink by power supply from an in-vehicle battery or generator. The power to be supplied to the lamp load is stepwise decrease whenever a blinking time of the lamp load passes prescr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6716573 | Resist Composition This invention relates to a polymer capable of forming an ultra-fine pattern with excellent rectangular shape in a silylated surface resolution process using a chemically amplified type resist composition as single layer or the most upper layer among multiple layers... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715688 | Contactless IC card An improved contactless integrated circuit (IC) card having one or more laminate members, a wire-wound coil provided on the laminate member for receiving power and for transmitting and receiving signals to and from an external device, and an IC module for inputting ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714082 | Semiconductor amplifier circuit A semiconductor amplifier circuit comprises a transimpedance amplifier for amplifying an input signal; a by-pass transistor connected between an input terminal of the transimpedance amplifier and the ground potential; a first resistor, one end of the first resistor ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6706126 | Aluminum alloy for sliding bearing and its production method Aluminum alloy, which consists of from 2 to 20% by weight of Sn, from 3% by weight or less of Cu, and from 0.3 to 5% by volume of TiC particles, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, exhibits improved fatigue resistance at a high temperature region, while... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6706010 | Balloon catheter and method of production thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a balloon catheter in which the inner tube is prevented from slackening after balloon inflation, improving the rewrapping of the balloon, discontinuity in the rigidity of the joined portions of the outer tube and t... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6700228 | Linear motor system and driving apparatus driven by same A linear motor system for a driving apparatus comprises a first linear motor having a primary side to which either one of first and second movable elements which are relatively movable with respect to each other, and a secondary linear motor having a seco... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700213 | Control system for a hybrid vehicle in which output from the engine is assisted by the motor based on air-fuel ratio determination A control system provided in a hybrid vehicle with a combustion engine for outputting a driving force, an electric motor for generating a force for assisting the output from the engine, depending on driving conditions, a power storage unit for storing ele... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6700147 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same There is provided such a structure that a first insulating layer, a conductive pattern, a second insulating layer, a capacitor Q, a third insulating layer, and a lower electrode leading wiring are formed sequentially on a semiconductor substrate, and a lo... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696504 | Extruded styrene resin foams, and methods for producing the same Production of extruded styrene resin foams which are excellent in environmental compatibility and retain highly efficient thermal insulation property and have appropriate strength properties is disclosed which is characterized by using as a blowing agent ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6693801 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a wiring board, and at least one pair of signal lines that is provided on the wiring board in parallel and has an equal length. A chip is mounted on the wiring board and includes at least one differential driver which outputs... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6690084 | Semiconductor device including insulation film and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device including an insulation film superior in insulation characteristic is obtained. Boron ions are introduced by ion implantation into an organic SOG film with a silicon nitride film formed on the organic SOG film. By this boron implant... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689283 | Dry etching method, microfabrication process and dry etching mask A dry etching is performed using a mask made of a titanium nitride under a reaction gas of a carbon monoxide with an additive of a nitrogen containing compound gas.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6690007 | Three-dimensional atom microscope, three-dimensional observation method of atomic arrangement, and stereoscopic measuring method of atomic arrangement Forward scattering peaks of photoelectrons having different angular momenta is generated by radiating to a sample two rays of circularly polarized light that differ in a rotary direction. Two images of photoelectron diffraction patterns are formed by two-... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6682916 | Chlorohydroxyacetone derivative and process for producing optically active chloropropanediol derivative from the same A process for efficiently preparing an optically active chloropropanediol derivative, especially (S)-1-benzyloxy-3-chloro-2-propanol, which has a high optical purity and is useful as an intermediate for medicines. The process comprises treating an inexpen... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681479 | Terminal mounting method and apparatus A terminal mounting apparatus inserts press-fit terminals into a terminal housing for constituting a joint connector. The terminal mounting apparatus has a terminal positioning unit, a transfer unit, a carrier cutting unit, a tab bending unit, a separator... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6677728 | Battery box and battery holder having detachable ring-shaped members A small battery box, in which arrangement of cells can be easily changed, for suppressing nonuniformity in temperature distribution between the cells. The box has a container having upper, lower, front, rear, and side portions which can be disassembled; a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6677618 | Compound semiconductor light emitting device Disclosed compound semiconductor light emitting devices have a substrate, a compound semiconductor layer, formed on the substrate, containing a first conductive type clad layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type clad layer, and a resonator str... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6676997 | Method of forming a two-layer coat A method of forming a two-layer coat, which comprises the steps of: applying (1) a coating composition onto a thermoplastic resin base and drying the coating to form a colored layer, the coating composition (1) comprising: (A) an acrylic resin obtained by... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674015 | Multi-layer interconnection board A multi-layer interconnection board, includes a multi-layer structure in which plural interconnections are provided and which includes a ground layer, and a hole part provided in the multi-layer structure. A conductive part is provided on an internal wall... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671033 | Optical device, method of cleaning the same, projection aligner, and method of producing the same A reticle (R) is irradiated with an ArF excimer laser beam to transfer a pattern on the reticle (R) onto a wafer (W) through a projection optical system (PL). Each of a plurality of illuminating lens units (2) arranged in the illuminating optical passage ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6670556 | Printed circuit board unit with detachment mechanism for electronic component A printed circuit board unit includes an insulated film disposed between a printed circuit board and an electronic component so as to define a through hole for receiving the solder bump. The through hole may be designed to form a constriction in the solde... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6670428 | Compatibilizing agent, radical copolymerizable unsaturated resin composition, molding material, and molded article An object of the present invention is to substantially improve the compatibility between a radical copolymerizable unsaturated resin and an addition polymerized polymer (thermoplastic resin) which is added for the purpose of low profile and improvement of... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6670391 | Benzopyran derivative and antiallergic agent The present invention provides a compound which is highly safe in terms of toxicity and has a stronger antiallergic action, and particularly has an action of inhibiting both immediate and delayed type allergic reactions. A benzopyran derivative represente... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666969 | Microporous polyolefin film and process for producing the same The present invention provides a microporous polyolefin membrane of high permeability and novel structure, and also provides a method of producing the same, wherein its average pore size is gradually decreases from at least one membrane surface towards it... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666369 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method, electronic parts mounting method and heating/melting process equipment There is provided a semiconductor device manufacturing method which comprising the steps of forming solder bumps on an underlying metal film of a semiconductor device, and placing the semiconductor device and the solder layer in a reduced pressure atmosph... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6665181 | Cooling device capable of reducing thickness of electronic apparatus A fan housing of a fan unit includes a housing wall standing from the surface of a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board serves to establish the fan housing in cooperation with the housing wall. The fan housing further includes a ceiling wall c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6664686 | Motor having single cone air dynamic bearing balanced with shaft end magnetic attraction A single cone air dynamic bearing motor, including a shaft having a diminishing conical taper surface, a sleeve having a concavity opposite the shaft, and magnetic members to generate magnetic attraction between the shaft end and the sleeve. Grooves are f... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6664625 | Mounting structure of a semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a mounting chip, multi-stage bumps, and a sheet-like interposer member. The mounting chip is bonded to the substrate. The multi-stage bumps have two or more stages of bumps stacked and bonded so that the subst... | 12/16/2003 |
