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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 |
| 8182666 | Apparatus and methods for concentrating and separating particles such as molecules Particles of interest, such as DNA molecules, are injected into a medium by applying a first field. Once in the medium the particles are concentrated by applying one or more fields that cause mobilities of the particles in the medium to vary in a manner that is corr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181110 | DOM based media viewer A system by which a computer user can view or listen to selected media objects, such as videos or podcasts or Internet radio, located in the Document Object Model (“DOM”) of a web page. The system is able to isolate the media objects selected by a user or the me... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659725 | Plant cultivator | 05/15/2012 |
| D659259 | Bus shelter | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167848 | Single-use pneumatic safety syringe providing gas-driven needle retraction A pneumatic retractable syringe has a plunger having an interior retraction lumen. The plunger and syringe barrel have cooperating locking elements so that the plunger is locked after use within the syringe barrel. After injection of medicament is completed, the nee... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156569 | Protective helmet with movable outer shell relative to inner shell A helmet is wearable on a user's head for mitigating neck injury. The helmet incorporates an outer member which defines a concavity; an inner member, at least a portion of which is located within the concavity; and a path-motion guide mechanism which couples the inn... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147677 | Method and apparatus for introducing fluids into a hydrocracking reactor The invention provides a method and apparatus for introducing a high-density hydrocarbon liquid into a hydrocracking reactor. The method comprises atomizing the high-density hydrocarbon liquid and injecting the atomized liquid into the hydrocracking reactor. The met... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656708 | Men'S undergarment | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145529 | System for a multi-media tool bar with advertisements A system comprised of a Tool Bar equipped with the ability to: a) encrypt emails that are sent to computer users who must download and maintain a copy of the Tool Bar to receive the encryption keys needed to decrypt emails; b) display Advertisements in an area of th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138676 | Methods and systems for dimmable fluorescent lighting using multiple frequencies A system for operating a fluorescent light is provided. The system comprises: a fluorescent lamp with at least one electrode having at least one corresponding heating filament; a filament signal power supply for providing a filament current signal having a filament ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133540 | Method of applying a thermally settable coating to a patterned substrate This application relates to a method of applying a thermally settable coating to a patterned substrate, such as an asphalt surface. The coating is applied in one or more preformed thermoplastic sheets and heated in situ to conform the thermoplastic material to the p... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133371 | Scodaphoresis and methods and apparatus for moving and concentrating particles Methods and apparatus for moving and concentrating particles apply an alternating driving field and an alternating field that alters mobility of the particles. The driving field and mobility-varying field are correlated with one another. The methods and apparatus ma... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132986 | Water ballasted wave attenuator A water ballasted wave attenuator is provided. The water ballasted wave attenuator includes (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced concrete; (b) a flotation medium in the upper region of the shell (a); (c) a water ballast chamber disposed in the lower region of the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128445 | Cold weather survival apparatus Apparatus for cold weather survival comprises an elongated belt body comprising a piece of buoyancy-providing material. The belt body is sized such that end portions thereof overlap when the belt body is wrapped around a user's waist. The belt body has an inner side... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128106 | Outboard motor carrier An outboard motor carrier comprises a frame, a motor support structure to which an outboard motor may be attached, and upper and lower wheels. The lower wheels are rotatably attached to a lower region of the frame so as to support the carrier when it is tilted from ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124032 | Microfluidic device and method of using same The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising one or more fluid channels, one or more fluid ports, and a V-shaped particle retention structure. The fluid channel is generally opposite the particle retention structure, fluid ports are located between the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119202 | Method of applying a thermally settable coating to a patterned substrate This application relates to a method of applying a thermally settable coating to a patterned substrate, such as an asphalt surface. The coating is applied in one or more preformed thermoplastic sheets and heated in situ to conform the thermoplastic material to the p... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116858 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring heart motions Methods and apparatus for monitoring the heart motion of a subject employ a probe which can be coupled to a portion of the anatomy of a subject such as the aortic arch or the thyroid cartilage. The probe is biased into contact with the subject. The probe detects mov... | 02/14/2012 |
| D654178 | Transmitter pod for medical ultrasound machine | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101082 | Waste-activated sludge treatment methods and apparatus A method for treating waste-activated sludge comprises adding (1) a pozzolanic material to waste-activated sludge to form a mixture. The mixture is homogenized and aerated (2). The pozzolanic material reacts with the waste-activated sludge. The mixture... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098955 | Efficient selection and application of regions of interest in digital imaging An imaging device has a plurality of predefined regions of interest. The predefined regions of interest may be selected or deselected. Image data from selected regions of interest is transmitted to a host. In some embodiments the regions of interest comprise tiles. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091521 | Self-supercharging engine with freewheeling mechanism The invention is directed to a novel self-supercharging internal combustion engine with two pairs of three pistons and cylinders. A self-supercharging internal combustion engine comprising: (a) a first piston and cylinder with intake and exhaust valves, the piston b... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088070 | Hand-held ultrasound imaging device having removable transducer arrays A hand-held ultrasonic imaging device is provided with a removable transducer array. The imaging device has a housing, a display on the housing, and a transducer assembly including a transducer array detachably coupled to the housing. The imaging device may detect t... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651686 | Water purification and dispensing system | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082883 | Pet food elevating device A pet food elevating device having a food platform and wheels coupled to the food platform with a vertical track positioned to slidably receive the wheels. A rope is movably engaged with an upper pulley positioned to allow the pet food elevating device to be raised ... | 12/27/2011 |
| D651279 | Portable water purification and dispensing system | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081207 | High accuracy stereo camera A camera system has a chassis carrying one or more cameras. Each camera has support member mounted to the chassis and an imaging chip mounted to the support member. An optical system for imaging onto the imaging chip may also be mounted to the chassis. The chassis a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073103 | Systems and methods for optimization of on-line adaptive radiation therapy Methods and systems are disclosed for radiation treatment of a subject involving one or more fractional treatments. A fractional treatment comprises: obtaining fractional image data pertaining to a region of interest of the subject; performing a fractional optimizat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071637 | Dithiolopyrrolones compounds and their therapeutic applications The present invention provides dithiolopyrrolone compounds of the general formula I, and their salts, wherein A is sulfur or carbon, and R1, R2, and R3 are selected from groups defined herein, and wherein when A is sulfur, then B is ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067548 | Fusion proteins having mutated immunoglobulin hinge region A fusion protein having a non-immunoglobulin polypeptide having a cysteine residue proximal to the C terminal thereof, and an immunoglobulin component with a mutated hinge region is provided. The mutation comprises a point mutated site corresponding in position to t... | 11/29/2011 |
| D649727 | Wastebasket | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061184 | Method and system for monitoring gas leaks by amplification of flow A method to amplify the pressure effects of very small flows, or very small leaks, in contained fluid systems, and the effects of small leaks in fluid systems that have small flows such as would occur in a combustible gas system with lighted pilot lights or a contai... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059194 | Image sensor inspection and cleaning device A loupe for use in conjunction with a digital SLR camera. The loupe is designed to couple to the lens mount of a camera to enable detection of any dust particles or other debris present on camera's image sensor. The loupe has a tubular housing having an access windo... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057159 | Twin wind turbine power system This invention relates to a novel twin wind turbine power system. More particularly, this invention pertains to a twin wind turbine power system which has adjustable width blades, adjustable width wind deflectors and a telescoping erection capability. A twin wind tu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043860 | Vapochromic coordination polymers for use in analyte detection This application relates to vaprochromic coordination polymers useful for analyte detection. The vapochromism may be observed by visible color changes, changes in luminescence, and/or spectroscopic changes in the infrared (IR) signature. One or more of the above chr... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041646 | Method and system for real time online debit transactions An online payment method is disclosed which permits users to make realtime debit card payments over the Internet. The payor and payee pre-register with the system by sending their PAN, encrypted PIN and encryption key to the system database using a debit card reader... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040591 | Ionic electrophoresis in TIR-modulated reflective image displays A reflective display having a plurality of transparent hemi-beads (60), each having a reflective region (80) surrounding a non-reflective region (82). Light absorbing, electrostatically charged ions are dissolved in an electrophoretic medium ( | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035823 | Hand-held surface profiler A light-emitting hand-held surface profiler for scanning and profiling the surfaces of objects has a transparent housing, a focusable light source, a conical mirror aligned to redirect light emitted by the light source onto a surface to be profiled, an imaging senso... | 10/11/2011 |
| D646462 | Pouch for men's garment | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028480 | Modular log building construction This application describes a wall construction and method of making the same in generally a Piece-en-piece mode. A vertical mortise is provided in adjacent vertical timber members and vertical mortises are cut into the end faces of horizontal timber members expected... | 10/04/2011 |
