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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 |
| 6604907 | Individual blade adjustment for wind turbines An individual blade adjustment system for wind turbines comprising two drive units which are joined to at least one movable rocker arm, substantially in the cutting plane of the blade connection and which forms a lever mechanism together with the rocker a... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6588611 | Bridge crane, especially a container-loading bridge A bridge crane, especially a container loading bridge, having a portal, a boom, a track system laid on the boom and crane trolleys which travel on the tracks, in which the track system comprises a working track, whose two rails have a mutual spacing corre... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6584974 | Patient esophageal detector device in combination with a carbon dioxide detector The CO2 detector has a disc attached to a rim which in turn is attached to a third port on a esophageal detector housing. A baffle rises from an interior surface of the housing to slightly below an opening to the third port. A first and second ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6510331 | Switching device for multi-sensor array A switching device is interposed between a conventional oximeter and a plurality of conventional photosensors. The photosensors are located on different extremities of the body. The switching device may be operated in the manual mode or an automatic mode.... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6497236 | Combination toothbrush holder and dental floss dispenser A frusto-conical member has a planar rim disposed at a bottom closed end and a circular open portion disposed at a top end. A lid having a plurality holes formed therethrough inserts over the frusto-conical open portion and is retained by friction. An elo... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6478731 | Endoscope-sheath interface using scope light post A sheath is sized and configured to receive an endoscope. The sheath is provided with a housing having a proximally facing opening with a U-shaped notch. The endoscope has at the proximal end a right-angle light post which and is received closely within t... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6470705 | Disposable ice pack A disposable ice pack for treating an area of a person's body that has been traumatized or inured is disclosed. The ice pack includes a polyethylene bag portion having a sealable open top end, a pair of side edges and a closed bottom end forming an inner ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6464719 | Low profile, highly expandable stent A low profile highly expandable stent includes a fabric cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis wherein multiple serpentine shaped connecting pieces are affixed lengthwise to the fabric cylindrical tube along the longitudinal axis thereof. The multipl... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460745 | Bicycle rack mounted to a vehicle trailer hitch sleeve A proximal end portion of a longitudinal base member is affixed to a vehicle trailer hitch sleeve. A distal end portion of the longitudinal base member is connected to an upright support member via a pair of brackets. The brackets pivot rearward to provid... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459799 | Modularly expandable electrostatic speaker system An non-hybrid electrostatic speaker system is provided. Each electrostatic speaker contains a diaphragm positioned between pair of electrically charged stators. A central unit is provided having a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of printed ci... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6439832 | Device for preventing penetration of corrosive salt particles in an offshore wind energy facility Device for preventing the penetration of corrosively acting salt particles into the generator and gear area of an offshore wind power plant, with an air pressure generator for introducing air under an overpressure into at least a substantially closed part... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6425708 | Method for laying electrical cables from a first offshore wind power plant to a second offshore wind power plant A method for laying electrical cables from a first offshore wind power plant to a second offshore wind power plant. The method comprises placing the cable to be laid in the tower or the foundation of the first offshore wind power plant before the plant is... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6404348 | Modular power quality monitoring device A modular power quality monitoring device, adaptable to an electrical anomaly detection circuit, such as a surge protection device, comprises an electrical connection to an AC power line, voltage surge detection circuitry, a neuron microprocessor, a DC po... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401338 | Method of removing a bearing insert from a skate wheel A method of removing a bearing insert from a skate wheel is performed utilizing a bearing insert tool. The bearing insert has a central axial bore corresponding to the diameter of a central axial bore of a spacer element. A transverse bore is formed throu... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386095 | Skewers mounted on an oven conveyor belt Multiple belt drives spaced apart transversely are engaged to multiple longitudinally spaced apart transversely mounted guide bars. The guide bars are juxtaposed to multiple parallel fixed longitudinally mounted spaced apart travel grooves. Skewers contai... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6378791 | Spray wand for cleaning boat hulls A water spray device for cleaning the hull of a boat is disclosed. The spray device includes a handle and wand portion. The handle portion has an angled portion separating an upper and lower part, a channel formed through the handle and a top and bottom o... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378329 | Method for determining the variable concentrations of ice in binary ice volumes Method for determining changing ice concentration in binary ice volumes with the steps: carrying out mechanical work in the volume to be measured with an electric motor, determining the electric power and mathematical conversion into a measure for the ice... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377172 | Specific location public alert receiver Disclosed is a specific location public alert devices that require no specialized installation and may be plugged into any common household electrical outlet which provides power to the device so no switch is required to access power. The device requires ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374192 | Apparatus and method for automatic correction of pole-zero error in a spectroscopy system A spectroscopy system is provided having an automatic pole-zero error correction circuit. A gated integrator of the system integrates a shaped pulse and trailing edge of the shaped pulse for sampling by an analog-to-digital converter. A pair of samples ar... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370827 | Ground anchor rod stabilizer A ground anchor rod drilled into soil is held in place by a generally rectangular stabilizer having various side thicknesses of about 2-1 cm from a top to a bottom portion and a front and backside having a width of about 20 cm. The front face contains mul... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368229 | Golf ball delivery system Lifting golf balls in a vertical tube from a cleaning station using sufficient air pressure from an air blower to lift the golf balls in the vertical tube and allowing the golf balls to fall by gravity from an apex of the vertical tube to a diverter for d... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367268 | Cold transportation method A method for the refrigerated transportation of a product introduced into a hollow-walled refrigerated container. The steps of the method include: a) keeping a pumpable suspension of minute ice crystals (binary-ice), having a predetermined composition and temp... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6369707 | Specific location public alert receiver Disclosed is a specific location public alert device requiring no specialized installation which may be plugged into any household electrical outlet. The device requires no switch for activation or its alert, which may be a tone, light, or voice, and is a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6349511 | Prefabricated multi-sided building construction system A gazebo is fabricated utilizing a novel construction system wherein lightweight aluminum framing components are employed. A preferred structure has eight sides wherein each side includes a pair of vertical posts, a pair of header members, a rail and foot... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6340283 | Adjustable impingement dual blower apparatus A pair of high speed blowers are pivotally mounted in a vertical plane on a movable frame structure. Each blower has blades turning in an opposite direction from the other blower. The blowers are locked in place at an angle of 10 to 60 degrees with respec... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6338443 | High efficiency medical nebulizer A pneumatic nebulizer that produces a high volume of aerosols for inhalent delivery of medications and other constituencies. High pressure gas formed into a gas jet is passed through a thin choked region of fluid that is entrailed and impinged upon an aer... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336623 | Portable safety barrier Multiple upright adjacent posts spaced apart are each pivotably mounted on a first base plate affixed along an edge of a precipice. The posts have bores through opposed sides and L-shaped brackets mounted on at least one side surface. A triangular brace h... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6332325 | Apparatus and method for strengthening articles of manufacture through cryogenic thermal cycling An apparatus for subjecting articles of manufacture to a cryogenic thermal cycling process includes a bottom portion and a lid. The bottom portion comprises an outer and inner tank separated by a plurality of insulation layers. The inner tank defines an i... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6327992 | Hydraulic lift for small watercraft mounted to a boat transom A transom bracket enclosing a hydraulic power cylinder is mounted to the transom of a watercraft. An actuation rod of the power cylinder moves multiple lift arms connected to a platform bracket supporting a platform for supporting a small auxiliary waterc... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321944 | Display apparatus for a collapsible tube dispenser A flexible transparent polymeric sleeve encloses toiletry items or a collapsible tube dispenser. The sleeve is closed at one end where it is integral with a hanger element and open at its other end where an external annular ring can be employed to maintai... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322850 | Mold release reaction product and method of coating of a mold core The reaction product is derived from a composition containing one of seven silanes; dimethyldiethoxysilane, methyldiethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, diphenyldimethoxysilane, trimethylmethoxysilane, trimethylethoxysilane, or aminopropyltriethoxysilan... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322008 | Liquid impingement nozzle with paired openings The nozzle (10) has at least one pair of openings (18, 20) located on its front face (28) along a common axis (32). Each opening (18, 20) is spaced apart (26) from and angled towards its pair mate. A non-atomized solid liquid stream (14, 16) is directed t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6308530 | Ice-filled cold storage means for repeated freezing and melting Ice-filled cold storage means for the repeated freezing and, accompanied by the cooling of air or a cooling fluid, melting of the ice, with an elastic sleeve (2) for an ice supply, which is kept by a substantially dimensionally stable jacket (3) under clo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302803 | Portable golf putting green Multiple panels, each having a bottom layer of a ribbed rigid polymer bonded to a top layer of a plastic sheet, bonded in turn to an outdoor carpet are joined together by a latch assembly positioned in openings on a side surface of the panels. An ornament... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304174 | Emergency auto visual communication system There is herein described an emergency auto visual communication system that will enhance roadway, vehicular, and individual safety. A stranded motorist, accident victim, medical emergency, etc. is provided a viable means for communication of the situatio... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299325 | Illuminating address indication device An illuminating mailbox address indication device includes a generally rectangular shaped housing mounted on a top portion of a mailbox. Enclosed within the housing is a light means powered by a set of batteries which are rechargeably energized by a solar... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298619 | Modular building frame system A building is constructed employing a base plate adapter mounted by a base plate to the exposed end of a rod imbedded in a concrete pad. The base plate adapter has upright sidewalls enclosing a first insulated wall panel. The next upper wall panel is conn... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6287279 | Universal safety syringe Universal safety syringe having a protective cap, a cylinder, a plunger and a cannula mounted on a cannula base, it being the case that the cannula base is designed such that it can be pushed firmly against a stop in the protective cap, that the protectiv... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287212 | Golf ball delivery system Lifting golf balls in a vertical tube from a lifting station using spaced apart motorized wheels with finger projections for projecting into side openings in the vertical tube. The golf balls are allowed to fall by gravity from an apex of the vertical tub... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6257301 | Modular window blind or shade assembly A modular window shade assembly has two embodiments. One includes a frame with a generally arcuate opening containing a blind system with horizontal slats that may be pivoted to control transmission of light through the opening. In the other embodiment, a... | 07/10/2001 |
