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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 |
| 6097835 | Projective pan sharpening methods and apparatus A projective panchromatic sharpening method and apparatus combines registered high spatial resolution panchromatic imagery and lower spatial resolution multispectral imagery to synthesize higher spatial resolution multispectral imagery. The degree of misr... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6068476 | Saliva ejector with attached cover-slip A disposable saliva ejector assembly for use in connection with a vacuum source for withdrawing saliva and bioburden from the oral cavity of a dental patient. The saliva-ejector assembly includes a flexible hollow tube having a first end provided with a s... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6045888 | Optical volume memory An optical memory material includes a two-photon storage component which can be written from a first to a second state in response to WRITE light, mixed with a signal component which fluoresces by one-photon absorption only at the written locations in res... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6026337 | Microbolometer earth sensor assembly An earth sensor assembly for an orbiting spacecraft which includes a two dimensional microbolometer area array detector as the detective source for capturing full or partial infrared (IR) images of the earth. The earth sensor assembly further includes an ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6007089 | Passenger restraint system for the backseat of a vehicle An air bag module (1) including an air bag (9) and a gas generator (7) disposed in the region of the outside seat back edge of the back seat of a vehicle. The air bag module (1) is covered by a flap (11) having a section (15) oriented in the direction of ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6002916 | Space-based server network architecture A space-based server network architecture (1) which permits on demand transfer of mission and control data between client satellites (14) in an orbit about earth and an earth station (20, 22, 24, 26) irrespective of the location of the client satellite (1... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5986872 | Multi-component electric stunning umbrella A personal accessory comprises a multi-component electric stunning umbrella which can be carried as a personal accessory without attracting attention, which can be used as a conventional umbrella, and which can also be used for self defense. The stunning ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5971460 | Stress-bearing structure of a motor-vehicle body made with hollow-section beams The invention concerns a stress-bearing structure of a motor-vehicle body made with hollow section beams, having at least at one structural member junction point (1) at which a first hollow section beam (2) is joined with a second hollow section beam (3) ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971178 | Impact driven hoist A hoist is constructed for powered drive by an impact tool. The hoist includes tension means for applying a force in tension to a load. Gear means are operatively associated with the tension means for producing a tension force in the tension means. The ge... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5966843 | Snowboard boot ankle support device An improved soft style snowboard boot which is internally reinforced by a multi-piece boot support assembly that includes a rigid molded plastic shank portion, a semi-rigid molded heel cup portion, and a molded or die-cut plastic highback portion. The sha... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950965 | Split shell spacecraft A modular spacecraft and fabrication method for producing a spacecraft of the kind that forms an enclosure and framework for installation of the external and internal subsystems of the spacecraft. The primary structure of the spacecraft is formed as a spl... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949534 | Goniometric scanning radiometer A gonioradiometric scanning apparatus and method for measuring the near and/or far field radiation pattern of radiating optical sources such as laser diodes (LD), light emitting diodes (LED), optical fibers, flat panel displays, and luminaires is describe... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5921927 | Positioning method and apparatus for X-ray tomography A method and apparatus accurately positions the apparatus at a selected cranial implant site for x-ray tomography of the mandible and/or maxilla and the temporomandibular joint. The method and apparatus comprise making a stent of the mandible and/or maxil... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5911389 | Wave based satellite constellation A constellation (100) comprising a plurality of man-made satellites (1-27). The satellites (1-27) orbit a celestial body (110) along a plurality of orbits (120-128), which are located at a substantially common altitude and have a substantially common incl... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5905591 | Multi-aperture imaging system A multi-aperture imaging system for continuous dwell imaging of complex extended scenes which are not required to contain localized point sources. The multi-aperture imaging system includes a plurality of subaperture telescopes, each of which collect imag... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5899700 | Embedded multimedia control code method and apparatus Methods and apparatus of integrating multimedia materials with didactic printed materials present selected relevant multimedia material in response to the sensing of control codes embedded in context sensitive and/or content sensitive didactic printed mat... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5894684 | Snowboard boot ankle support device An improved soft style snowboard boot which is internally reinforced by a multi-piece boot support assembly that includes a rigid molded plastic shank portion, a semi-rigid molded heel cup portion, and a molded or die-cut plastic highback portion. The sha... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5884646 | Foldable tent frame for coupling tent cloth with tent frame in integral form Foldable tent frame for coupling a tent cloth with the tent frame in an integral form is disclosed. Each of the foldable tent frame members for tension-supporting the tent cloth from all sides includes a plurality of rods each having protuberances on both... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5862495 | Real time position correction to ground generated spacecraft ephemeris Real time correction to ground generated satellite ephemeris implements a reference trajectory management module (334), an error estimation module (336), an parameter calculation module (338) and a position information management module (340). The referen... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5845879 | Inflatable conformable fuel tank The invention discloses a deployable, inflatable conformable fuel tank assembly constructed to be installed at a certain location on an aircraft and to be retained at that certain location throughout the entire flight operation of the aircraft. The fuel t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5838813 | Dithered image reconstruction A dithered image reconstruction system and method that compensates for inter-detector errors in a manner that does not adversely affect detection of small-amplitude images in the presence of a very bright large-amplitude background. An overlapping dither ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5835236 | Method and apparatus for dynamically creating and transmitting documents via facsmile equipment Computerized system for dynamically creating a document from a database responsive to input from a remote user and transmitting the document to the user's facsimile machine. When the user desires to access a remote database according to the present invent... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830529 | Perimeter coating alignment A method of forming a scratch resistant color ink pattern of multi-color coatings (5) onto a see-through panel (6) with exact registration between successive color coatings of the pattern. The method of the invention includes the steps of: providing a bas... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5825525 | Electro-optic modulator with voltage tunable quantum well waveguide cladding layer An electro-optic modulator (300) comprises a multiple quantum well core layer (320) in which the band gap and refractive index are adjusted to make the core layer (320) transparent to light at a selected wavelength and a voltage tunable, multiple quantum ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5805325 | Inertially stabilized mirror system Stabilization of pointing and stabilization mirror systems is provided by using the inherent moment of inertia of the mirrors. Inertially stabilized mirror systems have mirror orientations and rotation axes such that the mirrors reflect incident radiation... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5796104 | Pyroelectric center of mass imaging An apparatus and method for forming stabilized thermal images of thermally active objects in an objected scene using a pyroelectric detector and which does not require chopping or rapid panning. The invention includes focusing optics for focusing thermal ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5786940 | Optical system design optimization using an analytical figure of merit Analytical optical system design optimization implements an optical material selection module (302), a thin lens power calculation module (304), a prescription module (306), a figure of merit determination module (308), a bending adjustment module (310), ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5781257 | Flat panel display A flat panel display incorporates an array of color separation microlenses. Each color separation microlens in the array is a single, micro-optical element which disperses color by orders to distinct color spots and focuses these color spots to related li... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5775577 | Disposable insulated container with microflute structure A disposable insulated container comprises an inner container structure and n outer insulating wrap. The outer insulating wrap comprises a microflute laminated structure having a first corrugated laminate of microflute corrugations which extends substantia... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5774253 | Compact window viewing system A wedge window changes the direction of radiation passing through the window to shorten the window required for unvignetted viewing. An orthogonal reflection pointing mirror reduces the window size that is required for unvignetted viewing through a window... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5773108 | Self-coiling composite band A containment structure for radially deployable devices in the form of a self-coiling composite band. The composite band is fabricated as a lay up of epoxy resin-impregnated ply layers of cloth material that are wrapped about a mandrel and cured in a spec... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5773110 | Window painting apparatus and method An improved display product and method of making a display wherein a perforated panel is provided with layers of paint which are kept on the panel. Thus, a sign painter can have a wide latitude of designs which can be applied to see-through graphics. The ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5773959 | Lithium polymer battery charger methods and apparatus Lithium polymer battery charger methods for charging a plurality of equal charge point lithium polymer battery cells prevent overcharging of any cell, whether the cells are arranged in a series stack or are arranged in parallel. When the cells are connect... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5751078 | Reactionless, momentum compensated payload positioner A reactionless momentum compensated payload positioner adapted to be mounted on a supporting body for providing momentum compensation of an oscillatory and scanning payload and for suppressing reactions in the supporting body to the torques that occur as ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5747968 | Lithium polymer battery charger apparatus Lithium polymer battery charger apparatus for charging a plurality of equal charge point lithium polymer battery cells prevent overcharging of any cell, whether the cells are arranged in a series stack or are arranged in parallel. When the cells are conne... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746405 | Water heater seismic support system A seismic support system for supporting and restraining a water heater against both horizontal and vertical displacement in the event of an earthquake. The seismic support system comprises three principle components including: a bracket assembly including... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737429 | Portable viewable and audible stethoscope A portable viewable and audible stethoscope for visually and audibly monitoring the vital life signs (e.g. heart beat, lung respiration, artery pulse, intestinal sounds) of a patient. The stethoscope includes a large diameter sound absorbing cup and a sma... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734504 | Multi-beam illuminator laser The present invention is directed to a multi-beam illuminator laser apparatus and method for providing improved uniformity of laser beam illumination of a distant target or remote object, even in the presence of changing atmospheric conditions. The invent... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5722847 | Twist-lock connector for electrical plug and wall socket A twist-lock connector assembly for securing an engaged electrical plug to an electrical outlet which includes a rotatable cylindrical sleeve disposed enclosing an electrical plug and a modified cover plate for replacing the conventional cover plate of an... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5711978 | Fresh meat packaging A package for packaging fresh meat in a substantially oxygen-free atmosphere, whereby the packaging provides for a prolonged shelf life of the packaged meat products so that the meat will bloom to a desired red color when the packaging is opened. The pack... | 01/27/1998 |
