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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 |
| D637789 | Belt | 05/17/2011 |
| 7461708 | Elastomeric seal assembly having auxiliary annular seal components A drill bit and seal assembly therefor include a seal gland, an elastomeric sealing seal disposed in the seal gland and having a dynamic sealing surface and a static sealing surface, and at least one auxiliary elastomeric annular seal member disposed between the sta... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461563 | Bi-directional orifice plate assembly A bi-directional orifice plate assembly is disclosed. In an embodiment, the orifice plate assembly includes a first ring member, a second ring member, an orifice plate disposed between the first and second ring members, a first seal assembly disposed between the fir... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582321 | Chrome insert for a saddlebag | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460537 | Supplementary header for multifabric and high port count switch support in a fibre channel network Accordingly, there is disclosed herein an augmented Fibre Channel (FC) frame format which may provide support for multiple fabric FC networks, and may improve the performance of modularly-constructed switches. In one embodiment, the augmented FC frame format is modu... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458628 | Vehicle sun visors with support rods A vehicle sun visor including a visor body and a support rod disposed on the visor body. The support rod is adapted to engage a support hook mounted to a vehicle cabin ceiling. The support rod includes a core rod member mounted on the visor body and an outer sleeve ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456284 | Methods for producing a hexadentate bimetallic complex The present application discloses methods for producing a hexadentate bimetallic complex. A method may comprise contacting an acyliminepyridine compound, a metal salt, and an amine to form a mixture; and recovering the hexadentate bimetallic complex from the mixture... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453233 | Adapter system and method for powering a device An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. T... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453170 | Universal energy supply system A universal energy supply system for at least one electrical consumer comprises at least one AC voltage source and a cable connection connecting the source with the electrical consumer, wherein an AC/DC converting means is assigned to the AC voltage source for conve... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452589 | Convoluted fiber pad Present invention relates to a process of forming a multi-layer pad of a non-woven fiber batt and a foam layer having conforming convoluted surfaces and to a multi-layer pad incorporating a non-woven fiber batt and foam layer. The process of forming a non-woven batt... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452417 | Downhole servicing compositions having high thermal conductivities and methods of using the same A downhole servicing composition comprising from about 15 percent to about 80 percent by weight of a clay, and from about 10 percent to about 75 percent by weight of a carbon source is disclosed. The invention includes a downhole servicing composition comprising fro... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452161 | Apparatus for sealing and isolating pipelines A pipeline tool for use within a pipeline comprises a tool body with an internal flow bore, a swellable component disposed about the tool body, and a temporary seal disposed internally of the flow bore. The pipeline tool may further comprise a tracking device attach... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449879 | Apparatus detecting relative body movement The invention relates to a measuring device for detecting a body moving in relation to an, in particular, tubular container. Said device comprises at least one magnet unit which generates a magnetic field, measures this magnetic field and which is assigned to the co... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449062 | Cement compositions for reducing gas or water migration and methods of using the same A method of cementing a wellbore comprising preparing a cement composition comprising a water-soluble aromatic sulfonated polymer, and placing the cement composition into the wellbore, wherein the cement composition develops a compressive strength of greater than ab... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448446 | Thru tubing tool and method A downhole assembly comprises a whipstock and an expandable anchoring tool connected to the whipstock, wherein the tool comprises a body including a plurality of angled channels formed into a wall thereof and a plurality of moveable slips, wherein the slips translat... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448079 | Method and apparatus for providing computer services An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing one or more computer services to a plurality of customers (A,B,C). At least one virtual machine (VS) is set up on a real computer (30) for each of the customers (A,B,C) at the request of each of the customer... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447599 | Method and system for generating an uncertainty value A method and system for generating an uncertainty value. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a device in fluid communication with a conduit, and a flow computer electrically coupled to the device. The flow computer is configured to g... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444362 | Method and system of sending a reduced representation of logging data to log analysis applications A method and system of reducing logging data for log analysis applications. Some embodiments may be a method comprising sending a request for logging data from a log analysis application to a repository of logging data gathered by a logging device, and sending a rep... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444242 | Method and system for statistical pressure gradient and fluid contact analysis A method and system for statistical pressure gradient and fluid contact analysis. The method and system include planning for a pressure gradient test by using expected parameters and statistical expected error analysis to set the actual pressure gradient test parame... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444081 | Optical transport system A method and system is disclosed to optically transport data at a data rate of about 5 Gbps without chromatic dispersion compensation. After receiving a first data stream at a data rate of about 2.5 Gbps and a second data stream at a data rate of about 2.5 Gbps, the... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443295 | Media enabled advertising shopping cart system A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441628 | Wellbore signal generator Methods and apparatus for generating a signal with a signal generator comprising a tool body disposed in a tubular member. A first and second electromagnets are disposed within the tool body such that the second electromagnet is opposite the first electromagnet. A p... | 10/28/2008 |
| D579609 | Freestanding pet barrier | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439895 | Linear amplifier using digital feedforward A signal amplification system including a plurality of digital signal inputs coupled to a signal combination devices, wherein each of the plurality of digital signal inputs correspond to a separate digital signal, a signal conversion device coupled to the signal com... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438133 | Apparatus and method for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member that includes a valve assembly for permitting the injection of a hardenable fluidic sealing material into an annulus between the tubular member and a preexisting structure. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438132 | Concentric pipes expanded at the pipe ends and method of forming A method of forming a wellhead including: drilling a wellbore; positioning an outer casing at least partially within an upper portion of the wellbore; positioning a first tubular member within the outer casing; expanding at least a portion of the first tubular membe... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438128 | Identifying zones of origin of annular gas pressure A method for identifying annular gas sources in a wellbore is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters corresponds to depths in the wellbore. In addition, the method comprises analyzing annular g... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438758 | Cement compositions comprising aromatic sulfonated polymers and methods of using the same A method of servicing a wellbore that penetrates a subterranean formation includes displacing a cement composition comprising an aromatic sulfonated polymer into the wellbore and allowing the cement composition to set. In an embodiment, a transition time of the ceme... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435475 | Luxury fiber blend for use in fiberfill household textile articles A pillow, pillow form, quilt or other household textile article is comprised of a ticking having a fiberfill inserted into an interior space thereof. The fiberfill is comprised of a luxury fiber blend in the form of either loose fibers or a nonwoven fiber batt. The ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435286 | Sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury A promoted activated carbon sorbent is described that is highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The sorbent comprises a new modified carbon form containing reactive forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increas... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435232 | Noninvasive tissue assessment Methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing physiological hard of soft tissue of human and other species are described. In a preferred embodiment, tissue is vibrationally stimulated in vivo through a frequency spectrum. The tissue reacts against the stimulus ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433214 | DC converter A DC converter is connected to a DC source on its input side. On the output side, the DC delivers a converted DC voltage to at least one electric consumer via a cable connection. To improve such a DC converter in that it has a comparatively simple structural design ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431097 | Apparatus and method for injecting tubing into a well The disclosed invention is an apparatus for injecting tubing into a well while sensing wear within the apparatus, along with a method for sensing wear, according to which the tubing is engaged by a chain and the linear motion of the tubing and the chain is sensed. | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431086 | Methods of servicing a wellbore with compositions comprising quaternary material and sorel cements A method of servicing a wellbore in contact with a subterranean formation comprising viscosifying a cement composition comprising a metal oxide and a soluble salt, placing the viscosified cement composition in the wellbore, and allowing the composition to set. A met... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429866 | System and method for resistance measurement A method for improved cable resistance measuring is provided including coupling a measurement test device including a master unit and a remote unit, via at least one connector, to at least one network cable and determining a terminating impedance using field calibra... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428938 | Percussion bit drill drive collar with retention mechanism and method of assembling A drive collar is disclosed for use in a percussion drilling apparatus of the type for boring into the earth. Embodiments of the drive collar include a generally tubular, one-piece body further having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end and a second end.... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429811 | Fault tolerant homopolar magnetic bearings A magnetic bearing for supporting a spinning shaft in the radial direction and/or the axial direction includes a rotor formed on the shaft and a stator positioned around the rotor. Poles in the stator creates a magnetic field that supports the rotor. The number of p... | 09/30/2008 |
| D577333 | Rechargeable battery assembly | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427200 | Computer-based training methods for surgical procedures A method is disclosed for analyzing surgical techniques using a computer system for gathering and analyzing surgical data acquired during a surgical procedure on a body portion and comparing that data to pre-selected target values for the particular surgical procedu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427863 | Method and system for calculating resistivity of an earth formation Method and system for calculating resistivity of an earth formation. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising transmitting a current from a first current source, receiving at least part of the current at a first current return, said first... | 09/23/2008 |
