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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 |
| 7876909 | Efficient filter for artificial ambience A circuit, method, and system for producing artificial ambience effect for an input audio signal, mono, stereo, or surround. The ambience effect enhances artificial reverberation, replaces artificial reverberation, or synthesizes extra audio channels, such as surrou... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7867812 | Method for production of thin semiconductor solar cells and integrated circuits The invention relates to the formation of thin-film crystalline silicon using a zone-melting recrystallization process in which the substrate is a ceramic material. Integrated circuits and solar cells are fabricated in the recrystallized silicon thin film and lifted... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863221 | Method for producing a superconducting material made of MgB For producing the superconducting material MgB2, a shapeable master alloy containing Mg and B, as well as at least one additional constituent, an LiMgB alloy is.1 The process permits the production of shaped elements of MgB2, for example by forging, casti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7804102 | Illumination device and method for manufacturing the same An illumination device includes a circuit board (11), an LED element (12) mounted on the circuit board, a light-transmitting sealing resin (16) covering the LED element and containing a fluorescent material, a light reflector (14) coverin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797784 | Net for making body scrubbing tool A net for making body scrubbing tool includes a tubular net body and at least one member fastened to the tubular net body and made from a material different from that of the tubular net body. In this way, a body scrubbing tool constructed from the net has a better f... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794219 | Portable electrospinning device An electrospinning device for generating a coat from a liquefied polymer, the device comprising: (a) a dispenser for dispensing the liquefied polymer; (b) a cavity having a longitudinal axis, comprising a first system of electrodes; the dispenser and the first syste... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786175 | Anti-atherosclerosis composition containing carotenoids and method for inhibiting LDL oxidation An anti-atherosclerosis composition comprising a LDL-oxidation inhibiting effective amount of phytoene, phytofluene or mixtures thereof and a method for inhibiting the progression of atherosclerosis. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| D614822 | Vacuum cleaner | 04/27/2010 |
| D610843 | Backrest of a chair | 03/02/2010 |
| 7644466 | Bristles, method and device for production thereof and brushes The invention concerns a bristle for a brush, in particular a cleaning brush, a toothbrush or an application brush, wherein the bristle has a lower root region with which it can be mounted in or to a bristle support or which forms part of the bristle support, and a ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641931 | Industrial tomato process and product obtained thereof The invention relates to a tomato pulp composition wherein the particle size is not greater than 2.5 which does not contain seeds or peels from the tomato and has a lycopene concentration which is 5 to 15 folds higher than the lycopene concentration in the tomatoes ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630667 | Supporting apparatus for a photosensitive drum For supporting a cylindrical photosensitive drum, a high-precision high-strength supporting apparatus is disclosed to include a sleeve member and a shaft member. The sleeve member has an outer wall for attaching to the photosensitive drum, an inner wall within which... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629058 | Sliding member A sliding member has a coating layer deposited on a base material through an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a lead-free metal, and the coating layer is formed of Bi or a lead-free Bi alloy; and wherein a grain in the intermediate lay... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628808 | Device for connecting a cardiac biventricular assist means For connecting a cardiac biventricular assist means including a dual-chamber pumping device, and an electrically powered compressor means provided between the two chambers (12, 15) a partially flexible one-part or multi-part adapter (20) is provided wi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627647 | Information terminal The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626483 | Self-recovering current limiting fuse using dielectrophoretic force A self-recovering current limiting fuse protecting a secondary battery having a high rated voltage thanks to its improved breakdown voltage, expanding the application range, shortening the charging time, and realizing maintenance-free. The self-recovering current li... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619967 | Method for protection of ethernet traffic in optical ring networks A method for protecting Ethernet data packets transmitted over SDH/SONET traffic in a ring-like optical network formed by a number of nodes, the method includes utilizing MS-SPRING/BLSR system for SDH/SONET traffic protection and, in case of one or more network fail... | 11/17/2009 |
| D604427 | Awning | 11/17/2009 |
| D604093 | Electric deep fryer | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617004 | Electrode lead Implantable electrode lead for stimulation in or on the heart, comprising a body having an insulating and sealing outer surface, at least one electrical connection between an outwardly electrically active region having a connecting unit for the electrical connection... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615619 | Nucleoside analogues and oligonucleotide derivative comprising nucleotide analogue thereof A nucleotide analogue compound represented by formula (1) and salts thereof. In formula (1), A represents a direct bond, C1-4 alkylene, etc.; B represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic groups; and R1, R2, R3 | 11/10/2009 |
| D603610 | Cosmetic applicator | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613367 | Optical sensor and modulator An optical device is presented for use in modulation of light and/or in sensing an external field, by at least partially, directly or indirectly exposing the device to the controllable or unknown external field. The device comprises a waveguide structure configured ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611101 | Vibration isolating pipe clip A vibration isolation pipe clip for securing a pipe to a support, in particular for securing a medium-carrying pipe to a wall or ceiling of a building. The pipe clip has a substantially annular, rigid pipe clip body which is composed of one or more parts and ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611036 | Film feeding machine A film feeding machine includes a drawing device to draw a continuous film out of a film base to a predetermined position. The film is held by a feeding device and cut off by a cutting device to have a film piece. The film piece is fed to external equipment by the f... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610808 | Method for balancing motor vehicle wheels A method for balancing motor vehicle wheels, comprising mounting the wheel onto the rotating spindle of a balancing machine, using a probe of known type, selecting balancing planes and diameters, providing the data to the balancing machine, spinning the wheel, calcu... | 11/03/2009 |
| D602884 | Light-emitting diode | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606439 | Method for extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot The method according the invention allows the extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot. It comprises determining, for each point of the image of a combination V0[C,L] of color components of the image, calculating, for each poi... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605372 | Method for authentication by chemical marking or tracing of an object or a substance The invention concerns a method for authenticating different objects or substances to be identified comprising at least two phases: during an initial phase, selecting a plurality of chemical markers, assigning to and incorporating in each of the objects or substance... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603812 | Powered device for vehicle sliding door A powered sliding device includes a wire drum (16) connected to a vehicle sliding door (11) through wire cables (18, 19), a motor (14) for rotating the wire drum, a clutch mechanism (25) provided between the motor and the wire drum... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601937 | Photon detector for photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons A photon detector has a photocathode for the photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons. Spatial position information is supplied by an at least one-dimensional electron-detector pixel array. An electron optics unit serves for guiding the measuring electrons t... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601901 | Musical instrument, in particular a cajon In the case of a musical instrument, in particular a cajón, with a basic element, the side faces of which are configured as striking faces, provision is made for a striking face to be convexly and ergonomically curved. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601047 | Toy vehicle for collecting and conveying garbage, paper or the like The invention relates to a toy vehicle for collecting and conveying garbage, paper or the like, having a collection container with charging hole, and distinguished by a collecting and emptying arrangement for a garbage can, paper can or the like. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600552 | Multi-link telescopic cover A multi-link telescopic cover includes a cover assembly having a plurality of shield plates fitted in sequence to be extended and telescoped along a telescopic orientation and a link assembly having a set of parallel first linkages, a set of parallel second linkages... | 10/13/2009 |
| D601977 | Light-emitting diode | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598076 | Cell culture insert The invention relates to a cell culture insert (1) comprising a beaker-shaped insert wall (11), a base (9) consisting of a membrane filter, projecting support arms (3, 4) that are distributed around the periphery of the top and lateral sp... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597200 | Apparatus for dry-distributing of fibrous materials An apparatus for formation of a course of fibrous materials on a perforated forming wire mesh with an underlying suction box and an overlying fiber distribution box, in which a pair of rotating, perforated drum cylinders are provided for the delivery of a stream of ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595069 | Phyto-composition for the treatment of joint diseases A phyto-composition is described for the treatment of joint diseases that comprises: a) from 0.01% to 26% in weight of an extract of Curcuma longa (turmeric); b) from 30% to 80% in weight of an extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, (devil's claws); c) f... | 09/29/2009 |
| D601316 | Brush for machines | 09/29/2009 |
| 7593394 | Telephone communication system over a single telephone line A module and kit for coupling at least one telephone service signal to at least one telephone device over a wiring. The network includes: a wiring having at least two conductors for carrying multiple time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels; an exchange side... | 09/22/2009 |
