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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 |
| 7312432 | Single axis illumination for multi-axis imaging system A single-axis illumination system for a multiple-axis imaging system, particularly an array microscope. A single-axis illumination system is used to trans-illuminate an object viewed with an array of imaging elements having multiple respective axes. The numerical ap... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7268711 | Method and circuit for amplitude compensation in a digital-to-analog converter An amplitude-compensated digital-to-analog converter circuit and method of compensation. A unipolar digital-to-analog converter is provided, having a reference connection and a pair of differential, unipolar signal outputs. A sensing circuit senses the common mode c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260910 | Laser gunsight system for a firearm handgrip A laser sighting device for a firearm and a method for mounting a laser sighting device on a firearm. A laser sighting device for a firearm comprises a holder adapted to attach to the handgrip of the firearm such that the firearm may be held in a firing position by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| D543999 | Carburetor float bowl | 06/05/2007 |
| D543555 | Carburetor float bowl | 05/29/2007 |
| D543219 | Outer shell for a transport refrigeration system | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219706 | Apparatus having adjustable saws for wood cutting An apparatus having adjustable saws for wood cutting. A cutting head has at least two spaced apart disk-saws for producing respective slicing cuts in an article of wood, the saws defining respective distinct outer cutting diameters. Preferably, the disk-saws are bol... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7193775 | EPI-illumination system for an array microscope An epi-illumination system for an array microscope. For Kohler illumination, illumination light sources are placed, actually or virtually, at the pupils of respective individual microscope elements of an array microscope. In one Kohler illumination embodiment, the l... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186083 | Wind energy conversion device A wind energy conversion device includes a propeller in which each of the propeller blades includes a proximal (radially inward) non-airfoil mounting section, a medial section and a distal tip section mounted to pivot relative to the medial section about a pitch axi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7148692 | Detector for non-ferrous metals with reduced false positive responses A metal detector for detecting objects that are composed of non-ferrous metals. The metal detector provides for a reduced rate of false positive responses to objects composed of ferrous metals. A preferred metal detector according to the invention includes a transmi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144201 | Structure and method for supporting headstones and other stonelike objects A structure and method for supporting stonelike objects on soil. The structure comprises a base, at least two sets of a plurality of tabs disposed on the base at respective opposing edges thereof and oriented substantially perpendicular thereto, and a plurality of s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142904 | Method and composition for probing the body through the skin A method and composition for probing the body through the skin. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes providing a medium for interfacing with the skin, applying the medium to the skin at a selected location, and coupling at least two of (a) an elec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140408 | Knife assembly and chipping knife therefor A knife assembly and chipping knife therefor. The knife assembly includes a knife, and employs an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member for clamping the knife therebetween. The knife has an elongate axis and two spaced apart cutting edges parallel to the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128224 | Apparatus and method for hanging shelves An apparatus and a method for hanging shelves. An apparatus is provided for hanging one or more weight-bearing shelves from an overhead support member. The apparatus comprises a tube, a flexible member, an attachment member, and a cap. The tube has a bottom end with... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121587 | Wearable book A wearable book. A wearable book, comprising a plurality of pages and a loop adapted for encircling a body portion for attaching said pages to the body, is provided. The pages are preferably bound together at one edge and preferably are of substantially the same siz... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113651 | Multi-spectral miniature microscope array A multi-spectral miniature microscope objective imaging system for a miniature microscope array includes one or more illuminating light sources for illuminating an object with light including multiple spectral bands, a multi-spectral imaging miniature microscope obj... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7088103 | Metal detector having a plurality of phase delay discrimination regions with corresponding selectable exception spaces therein A metal detector having a plurality of phase delay discrimination regions with corresponding selectable exception spaces therein. A metal detector for indicating the presence of a metal target, comprising a transmitting module for transmitting a time-varying electro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086241 | Hydraulic power unit for a refrigeration system A hydraulic power unit for a refrigeration system. According to one aspect of the invention, the power unit is provided for driving the refrigeration system of a truck having an engine for propelling the truck and a power take off from the engine. The refrigeration ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069969 | Wood cutting knife assembly providing improved knife stability A wood chipping or cutting knife assembly providing improved knife stability. A number of control surfaces and other geometric features are provided to stabilize the knife in the assembly. An improved splitter is also provided for the knife assembly. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063580 | Ship employing a buoyant propulsion system A ship employing a buoyant propulsion system. A preferred such ship comprises a superstructure, a backbone, and a sub-structure. The backbone supports the superstructure. The sub-structure depends from the backbone and adapted to float the backbone and the superstru... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061584 | Multi-axis projection imaging system A multi-axis projection imaging system. Such a system includes a plurality of objectives defining respective object fields of view and corresponding image fields of view. An object is adapted for controllably illuminating the object fields of view with light that va... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043389 | Method and system for identifying and locating defects in an integrated circuit A method and system for detecting and locating defects in an integrated circuit. A time-varying input signal is applied to the integrated circuit, power signals produced at a plurality of respective ordered connections in response to the input signal are measured, a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034317 | Method and apparatus for limiting scanning imaging array data to characteristics of interest A method and system for limiting the amount of image data to be captured by a scanning imaging array. A low-resolution preliminary image of an object is acquired. Data from the preliminary image is used to identify features of interest in the object or to perform ot... | 04/25/2006 |
| D518586 | Folding book light | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023622 | Miniature microscope objective lens A miniature microscope objective for a miniature microscope array (MMA) includes preferably at least three or four lenses including from object to image a first positive lens, a second positive lens and a third negative lens. The objective has a numerical aperture (... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019895 | Microscope stage providing improved optical performance A microscope stage providing improved optical performance. A carriage for supporting an object has a transparent portion for receiving the object and permitting trans-illumination thereof. A base supports the carriage, at least a portion of the base comprising a tra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014309 | Ink drying system for high speed printing An ink drying system for high speed printing. A plurality of plenums are in fluid communication with a source of pressurized gas, mediated by respective fast acting valves. In a first embodiment of the invention, each plenum contains a plurality of small orifices gr... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011281 | Expansion bolt An expansion bolt. A first chock has first and second outer ramping surfaces. A second chock has an inner ramping surface complementarily corresponding to the first outer ramping surface. A spring member biases the second chock radially inwardly against the first ou... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009581 | Dynamic diffractive optical transform A dynamic diffractive optical transform. An electric field pattern is created across a body of material, the material being characterized in that it has an optical transmission property which varies in response to of an electric potential applied across a portion th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006939 | Method and apparatus for low cost signature testing for analog and RF circuits A low cost signature test for RF and analog circuits. A model is provided to predict one or more performance parameters characterizing a first electronic circuit produced by a manufacturing process subject to process variation from the output of one or more second e... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002065 | Chassis for an electrical stringed musical instrument A chassis for a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar is provided such that the chassis may be interchangeably connected with any one of a variety of necks resulting in a tunable and playable unit. This unit may be further attached to any one of a variety of ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002549 | Optically based machine input control device A non-contact optically based apparatus for measuring the motion of a diffusely reflecting surface. The motion measurements and signals derived therefrom are used to provide input control signals to a computer or other electronic control systems requiring a human ta... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6987259 | Imaging system with an integrated source and detector array An imaging system with an integrated source and detector array. A plurality of light detectors are arranged in a detector array and a plurality of light sources corresponding to detectors in the detector array are arranged in a source array in an epi-illumination sy... | 01/17/2006 |
| RE38930 | Knife holder for a chipper disc An improved knife holder for a chipper disc. A knife holder for boding a knife has a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion for clamping the knife therebetween. One of the clamping portions pivots about a pivot point for clamping the knife and for rele... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6968879 | Knife and apparatus for clamping a knife A knife and apparatus for clamping the knife. The knife has front and back sides that, preferably, both include interlocking features adapted for interlocking engagement with corresponding inner and outer clamping members, to prevent slippage of the knife from the c... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967553 | Planar inductive element A storage magnetic element, which minimizes the power loss in the planar winding due to the fringe magnetic field associated with a discrete air gap, is presented. The invention describes a construction technique wherein the magnetic core is formed by an E section m... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964004 | Method and apparatus for testing a system-on-a-chip A method for testing a system on a chip or a system on a package (““SOPC”) having a plurality of internal modules that are tested to determine whether predetermined performance specifications are satisfied. A first module of the SOPC is selected for testing. A... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958464 | Equalization for a multi-axis imaging system An imaging system with an integrated source and detector array. A plurality of light detectors are arranged in an array and a corresponding plurality of light sources are arranged in an array in an epi-illumination system so that light radiated from a point on the o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950241 | Miniature microscope objective for an array microscope A miniature microscope objective includes at least three or four miniature lenses including from object to image at least a first positive lens, a second positive lens, and a third lens. The numerical aperture (NA) is greater than 0.4 and no more than approximately ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948717 | Joint assembly employing multi-ring gasket A multi-ring gasket (140) is for sealing the joint between two flanged general non-metallic pipes. In one embodiment, the gasket has an inner ring (72) an outer ring (132) and a plurality of spokes (77) connecting the inner ring (72 | 09/27/2005 |
