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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 |
| 4547420 | Bicomponent fibers and webs made therefrom Bicomponent fibers, and webs made therefrom, are taught in which one component of the fibers is a crystallizable material. When a web of the fibers is heated in a mold above the temperature at which crystallization occurs, the fibers tend to be set in the... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4511210 | Retroreflective sheeting New methods for making "embedded-lens" retroreflective sheeting, and new forms of such sheeting, are provided. The new methods involve embedding microspheres into a web by continuously presenting a mass of the microspheres against the moving web and heati... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4505967 | High-angularity retroreflective sheeting and method for manufacture A new embedded-lens retroreflective sheeting which exhibits superior properties, including superior angularity, and which is made by a new method of manufacture involving lamination techniques. Microspheres are embedded into a first polymeric layer to les... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4490432 | Reinforced pavement-marking sheet material Pavement-marking sheet material which comprises a non-crosslinked elastomeric precursor such as acrylonitrile-butadiene polymer; a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene which reinforces the sheet material, e.g., by orientation of the thermoplastic po... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4433024 | Reduced-stress vapor-sorptive garments Vapor-sorbing particle-filled sheet material having a low insulation value and useful for providing reduced-stress vapor-sorbing garments. The sheet material comprises at least one permeable support fabric attached to a fibrous web which comprises a coher... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4432172 | Breakaway timber support poles Timber support poles are given desired breaking properties to reduce the deceleration of a vehicle that collides with the pole by cutting one or more recesses in the pole, and filling the recesses with a polymeric filler composition.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4429001 | Sheet product containing sorbent particulate material New sorbent sheet products are prepared comprising a coherent web of entangled blown fibers prepared by extruding liquid fiber-forming material into a high-velocity gaseous stream and an array of super absorbent polymeric particles dispersed within the we... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4397142 | Coded threads and sheet material useful for making such coded threads Coded threads and sheet material for making such threads useful in counterfeit-inhibiting garments. The sheet material comprises transparent microspheres, a specularly reflective layer underlying the microspheres, and a polymeric layer underlying the spec... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4393901 | Low-permeability hollow spheres and pipe filled with the spheres for temporary weight reduction Pipe adapted to be installed underwater at increased ocean depths by practical pipe-laying procedures comprises a porous cement shell filled with hollow spheres that are slowly permeable to water under pressure. The cement shell is filled with a sufficien... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4391646 | Glass bubbles of increased collapse strength Glass bubbles of increased collapse strength are prepared. The bubbles have an average particle density of 0.4 or more and are made of glass that consists essentially of SiO2 (60-90 weight-percent), alkali metal oxide (2-20 weight-percent), B | 07/05/1983 |
| 4388359 | Embossed pavement-marking sheet material Pavement-marking sheet material having protuberances on its upper surface which carry partially exposed microspheres by which the protuberances are made retroreflective and which are separated by recessed areas in which microspheres are fully embedded and... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377988 | Reflective animal collar and material for forming such a collar Reflective sheeting useful for application to a pesticide-impregnated animal collar, and animal collars made from the sheeting. The sheeting generally comprises a monolayer of transparent microspheres; specularly reflective material underlying the microsp... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4372997 | Heat- and flame-resistant sheet material Fire- and heat-resistant sheet material comprises fibrous webs adhered together with asphalt which is filled with inorganic particles, intumescable granules, and a catalyst which catalyzes charring of the asphalt.... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4367920 | Retroflective sheeting New methods for making "embedded-lens" retroreflective sheeting, and new forms of such sheeting, are provided. The new sheetings are retroreflective through an increased angular range, and also provide brighter overall retroreflectivity and other advantag... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367919 | Durable glass elements Glass microspheres and other glass elements based on B2 O3, BaO, SiO2 and TiO2 have an improved combination of crushing strength, index of refraction, and, especially in some formulations, chemical resistance. T... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4349598 | High incidence angle retroreflective material Retroreflective film, sheeting or the like having an array of light-reflecting right triangle prisms between a transparent surface layer and a backing layer. The opposing triangular end faces of adjacent prisms are spaced apart to provide internal reflect... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4348312 | Ultra-high-index glass microspheres and products made therefrom with a fluoropolymer and an ester polymer blend Compositions comprising copolymers of methyl methacrylate and ethyl acrylate and of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene may be blended to form transparent compositions of low refractive index, making them useful in retroreflective products as a la... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4312676 | Retro-reflective liquid coating composition A liquid coating composition that is useful to form retro-reflective marks that actuate photoscanner sensing devices and that comprises a liquid vehicle and retro-reflective elements uniformly dispersed in the vehicle. The vehicle includes a high proporti... | 01/26/1982 |
