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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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| 8145119 | Method of jamming A jamming system includes at least three jamming units. Each jamming unit is separately positionable and pointable. Each jamming unit covers different frequency bands. A method of using the jamming system includes moving a first jamming unit relative to a second jam... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8012184 | Device for stabilizing bones A device pivotally connects two stabilizing parts to a bone. The device comprises at least one bone fixing element with a central axis, an anchor part designed to be fixed in or onto the bone, and a head part that can be attached to both stabilizing parts. The two s... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012180 | Damping element and device for stabilization of adjacent vertebral bodies A damping element includes: two spring elements which are coaxial with or parallel to a longitudinal axis and two axially end-side connectors, where the first spring element exhibits a spring rate F, the second spring element exhibits a spring rate f, and the spring... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012178 | Device for elastically stabilizing vertebral bodies A device for elastically stabilizing vertebral bodies includes at least two bone anchoring means, each having a central axis and a head segment. The device also includes elastic means that can be joined to the head segments of two adjacent bone anchoring means in su... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7988710 | Spinal stabilization device A flexible connection unit for use in a spinal fixation device, including: a first end portion and a second end portion, at least one of the first end and second end configured to be engagable by a section of a first bone securing member; a flexible member located b... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7527641 | Translational hinged door plate system An assembly for use with a bone fastener includes a fixation device and a bone fastener retainer device. The fixation device has an opening configured to receive a bone fastener in an installed position in which an outer end portion of the bone fastener is located w... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7517260 | Multiple bore termination system A cable termination housing for terminating a cable to one or more devices includes a bore for receiving a device mating portion, a component portion integrally formed within the housing, the component portion having a fastener that is slidable between a retracted p... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7509792 | Device for opening flexible containers A device for opening flexible containers, comprising a first gripping assembly (3, 4) active on a first portion of a container and second gripping assembly (5) active on a second portion of the container which faces the first portion and co-operating w... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506976 | Polarized optical element having differentiated transmittance properties for use in eye-protecting devices A polarized optical element is disclosed comprising an upper portion and a lower portion defined at opposite parts with respect to a median line passing through the geometric center of the optical element, wherein: a) in the upper portion and at a distance of at lea... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7412812 | Filling apparatus and method The invention relates to a filling apparatus having a filling device for filling packages with a hot filling, a sealing device for sealing the package, wherein the package has a package seal for opening the package and a swivelling arrangement for swivelling the pac... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395927 | Pocket tape with alternating adhesive and non-adhesive zones and overlying carrier tape A method for sticking, a container, a pocket tape, a method for the production of a pocket tape, a device for the production of a pocket tape, a method for the production of an adhesive tape, an adhesive tape and a device for the production of an adhesive tape, rega... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395623 | Card holder for an animal cage An embodiment of a card holder system for retaining a card with an animal cage can comprise a card holder designed and dimensioned to selectively retain the card, and a retention member adapted for retaining the card holder to the cage. The retention member is adapt... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389613 | Height adjustable edge protector The edge protector, especially for stair edges, comprises of a step profile and a base profile being fixable on a stair. The step profile has a step part and a step riser flange that is formed thereat, and the base profile comprises a base plate on which a support a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7178801 | Accumulating and delivering apparatus for cardboard sheets An apparatus for accumulating and delivering folded cardboard sheets includes at least a pair of stacking bases moveable along a loop including a stacking position for stacking the cardboard sheets on the stacking bases and a delivering position for delivering the p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6312115 | Ink cartridge for ink jet recorder and method of manufacturing same An ink tank cartridge for use in an ink jet recorder has a container having exterior walls, a porous member is stored in the container, an ink supply port that extends through one of the exterior walls of the body to supply ink to the exterior of the cart... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6280024 | Ink cartridge for printer An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink supply needle of a recording head is provided. An ink cartridge main body having a plurality of walls and an ink supply port disposed in a wall of said ink cartridge main body and communicating from the interior to ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6224199 | Method of manufacturing an ink cartridge for use in ink jet recorder A method of refilling an ink bag of an ink cartridge for use in an ink-jet recorder. The method includes first removing the ink cartridge and ink bag from the ink-jet recorder. The ink bag may then be refilled by positioning the ink bag on a surface, inse... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5779234 | Printer sheet discharge method A method for discharging a sheet from a printer that includes feeding a first sheet from a sheet tray, conveying the sheet by the force applied by the driving roller until a leading edge of the first sheet contacts the trailing edge of a second sheet, the... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5643491 | Rare earth magnetic powder, its fabrication method, and resin bonded magnet In a method of fabricating an R--Fe--B based alloy magnetic powder excellent in magnetic anisotropy, and an R--Fe--B--Co based alloy magnetic powder excellent in magnetic anisotropy and temperature characteristic an R--Fe--B based alloy is subjected to hy... | 07/01/1997 |
