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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 |
| 8104214 | Firearm deployable leg support A gravity deploying bi-pod leg set is provided which automatically locks into position when fully deployed by a gravity slide lock. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| D652288 | Pipe retaining clip | 01/17/2012 |
| 8028972 | Gate valve for vacuum apparatus Even when a gate valve for a vacuum apparatus used in a vapor deposition apparatus is in an open position, reliability of keeping a vapor deposition chamber vacuum can be improved by protecting an inner wall surface of a valve casing and a sealing member of a valve ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024883 | Firearm support A firearm support for a firearm having an elongate sling extending along the firearm with two opposite ends attached in spaced relationship to the firearm between a stock end and a barrel end. The firearm support includes a support attachment in the form of clamp wh... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020228 | Shoulder surgery attachment for a surgical table A shoulder surgery attachment for a surgical table having an articulated leg section with accessory attachment rails on opposite sides. An upright chair back assembly is supported at its base or bottom end thereof for attachment to the accessory attachment rails and... | 09/20/2011 |
| D642041 | Furniture lift | 07/26/2011 |
| 7896968 | Winding type plasma CVD apparatus The object of this invention is to provide a winding type plasma CVD apparatus in which quality of a layer can be made uniform by supplying a reaction gas uniformly to a deposition area of a film, and can perform a self-cleaning process of a deposition portion in th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884551 | RF plasma source with quasi-closed solenoidal inductor The present invention pertains to RF (radio frequency) inductive coupling plasma (ICP) sources exciting and maintaining plasma within a closed and vacuum sealed discharge chamber filled with a gaseous medium at a controllable pressure in the range from 1 mTorr to at... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874951 | Motor to accessory drive system A motor to accessory drive system wherein an electric or gasoline motor, having a housing with a drive shaft end protruding from the motor housing, is mounted with respect to the accessory to be driven, such as a pump or a generator, which also has a housing with a ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874500 | Snow making apparatus A snow making apparatus of the low profile snow gun type or of the tower type having independent and co-extending air and first water conduits supported above ground. Air and first water discharge nozzles are connected to the upper ends respectively of these conduit... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7821767 | Electrostatic chuck device The object of this invention is to provide that an electrostatic chuck device which can properly and promptly diselectrify a substrate to be processed. In an electrostatic chuck device (11) attracting a substrate (W) to be processed on the surface of a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7780735 | Method of protecting a knee prosthesis during intra-operative implantation A total knee arthorplasty in accordance with the teachings of the present invention is accomplished by surgically removing the meniscus and adjacent joint end portions of the femur and tibia and then replacing the first one of the removed joint end portions with a f... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768142 | Gravity motor and method A gravity motor wherein a beam is pivotally mounted intermediate its opposite ends for oscillation in a vertical plane about a pivot point on a support structure. A moveable weight is slidably connected to the beam for reciprocal movement between the opposite ends o... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763056 | Cervical compression plate assembly A cervical compression plate assembly having screw receiving elements at opposite ends that are configured for engaging bone fixation screws extending from respective vertebral elements. The assembly permits the distance between the screw receiving elements at oppos... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7708005 | Apparatus and method for splitting masonry materials An apparatus for splitting masonry material which includes a frame and table vertically moveable in the frame, the table also having an attached lower blade, for supporting masonry material thereon to be split. An upper blade is positioned in the frame over the tabl... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699851 | Bone cutting jig system for spinal implant A bone cutting jig system for forming and shaping spinal implants is shown. The system includes a first cutting jig having a bed with a clamp mechanism for clamping donor bone positioned on the bed. A cutting guide insert or plate is received in fixed orientation on... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7671962 | Spacer forming method and spacer forming apparatus Providing a spacer forming method by which spacers can be securely formed in a predetermined region on a substrate. Ink containing granular spacers is jetted onto a crossing portion of a black matrix 5 in the shape of a lattice. Red pixel R, green pixel G and... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670433 | Vacuum deposition apparatus of the winding type The problem solved by this Invention is to provide a vacuum evaporation deposition method of the winding type and a vacuum evaporation deposition apparatus of the winding type which can form a metal film on a base film made of single layer plastic film without therm... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669834 | Hose end lever controlled ball spigot valve A hose end lever controlled ball valve spigot incorporating a quarter turn lever actuated ball valve having a valve housing with a 90° inlet which protrudes 180° away from the valve actuating lever so that the lever handle of the valve is exposed in a vertical pla... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7607356 | Pirani vacuum gauge A Pirani vacuum gauge in which dependency of temperature of a filament on variation of gas pressure is raised and the gas pressure can be measured with high accuracy. The Pirani vacuum gauge includes a cylindrical body 2 in which the interior communicates wit... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604401 | Substrate temperature measurement apparatus and processing apparatus A substrate temperature measurement apparatus and a processing apparatus, whereby thermocouple wire reliability is improved, influence of infrared rays on the chip is reduced and the temperature of the substrate can be accurately measured. A chip (16) made of... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594406 | Regenerator and cryogenics pump The invention has an object to provide a regenerator and cryogenics pump using a regenerator material which fulfills such requirements as specific heat, thermal conductivity, manufacturing easiness, strength, hardness, chemical stabilization and low cost instead of ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7520250 | Crankcase breather assembly A breather assembly for ventilation and pressure control within a crankcase of a positive displacement motor or pump. The breather assembly includes an intake/exhaust port through the crankcase with a valve seat for the port on an exterior surface of the crankcase. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7514875 | RF plasma source with quasi-closed ferrite core An inductively coupling plasma source having a primary winding powered directly from a radio frequency source and a quasi-closed O-type ferrite core comprised of two equal U-shaped core halves separated from one another to form two operating gaps between aligned spa... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7478799 | Railing system A railing system having a thin profile balustrade for minimum obstruction of the view therebeyond. The railing system includes spaced parallel upper and lower rails which are supported in conventional fashion from upright posts. The balustrade is made of a plurality... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476284 | Method and apparatus for laminating glass sheets The invention relates to a method and apparatus for laminating glass articles without using an autoclave. The sandwich structure to be laminated is preheated than is placed in a controllable vacuum and subjected to electromagnetic radiation with specified frequencie... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7465858 | Stringed musical instrument A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, having a body with a neck secured to the body and over which are laterally stretched substantially parallel strings, which strings are stretched over a bridge mounted on the body upper face between a tuning key dispos... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461809 | Mobile wire dispensing apparatus A mobile wire dispensing apparatus for carrying and moving spools of wire to desired locations. The mobile wire dispensing apparatus includes a conventional hand truck having a longitudinally extending frame with wheels at one end and a handle at the other end, and ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7389596 | Shoe drying rack A shoe drying rack to fit a dryer's drum, comprised of an open container divided into two mirror imaged halves joined together by an adjustable connector arm. In one embodiment, the adjustable connector arm is a telescopic arm, allowing for the sizing of the shoe dr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374534 | Retractor and method for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgery A retractor for percutaneous surgery in a patient which includes an elongate retractor tube composed of circumferentially arranged elongate independent tube segments with proximal ends of the tube segments respectively hinged to a unitary collar whereby the distal e... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7344613 | Method for laminating glass sheets using short wave radiation A method for laminating glass sheets wherein laminating film (1) is placed over one surface of a first glass sheet (2) and the film (1) is heated with short wave radiation (4) to a bonding temperature. Heated areas (8) of the film ... | 03/18/2008 |
| D560483 | Support bracket | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324005 | Modular surge protection A power protection system for protection against an electrical transient surge and/or interference. Such a system can be useful in the dispensing of fuel at gas stations, convenience stores, truck stops, and other such locations, for protection of the low voltage si... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311266 | Freeze-proof water valve for supplying secondary water to snow making apparatus A freeze-proof water valve (10) for supplying secondary water under pressure in freezing ambient conditions to a snow making apparatus (11) having primary water spray nozzles (12) and secondary water spray nozzles (13,14). The valve housi... | 12/25/2007 |
| D548891 | High visibility safety vest | 08/14/2007 |
| D548400 | High visibility safety vest | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243603 | Shot pattern control wad structure for shotshell A shot pattern control wad structure for use in a cartridge for shotgun wherein the cartridge includes a case having a tubular outer wall and a wad structure located in the case between gunpowder and a charge of pellets. The wad structure of the present invention is... | 07/17/2007 |
| D543214 | Ergonomic arm support for computer operators | 05/22/2007 |
| D539509 | Pet carrier sweatshirt | 04/03/2007 |
| 7055209 | Method and apparatus for converting a sootblower from a single motor to a dual motor drive A single motor rack and pinion driven sootblower is converted to a dual motor version. The single motor version includes a lance tube which is advanced and retracted transversely on a carriage and is further rotationally driven by a translational mechanical drive wh... | 06/06/2006 |
