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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 |
| 8089370 | Illuminated wind indicator An illuminated wind indicator including a wind chime assembly with a moveable pendulum assembly. The pendulum assembly includes a suspension member to support moveable suspension of the pendulum assembly proximate the wind chime assembly and further includes a compo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7961822 | Setting a transmission power level for a mobile unit A spread signal is produced having an adjustable spread spectrum. A data signal is provided for transmission. The data signal is processed to have a first spread spectrum. The processed first spread spectrum data signal is filtered to have one out of a plurality of ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959128 | Hydraulic directional valve An electromagnetic actuating unit (10) of a hydraulic directional control valve (9) is provided having an armature (18) which is arranged such that it can be axially displaced within an armature space (30), and includes a pole core (29... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959043 | Tea kettle with safety features A tea kettle with a spout and a handle extends from a body, wherein the handle and spout are offset from one another such that when the body is tilted during pouring of a hot liquid contained therein, hot vapor from the liquid substantially is diverted away from the... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954185 | Expandable sleeping bag An expandable sleeping bag or bunting bag includes features in which the size of the bag is adjustable to accommodate the growth of the child. To expand or contract the sleeping bag in width, one or more additional tapes of zipper teeth are sewn to the front of the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| D639353 | Toy figurine | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953139 | Interference cancellation in a spread spectrum communication system A code division multiple access communication system transmits a pilot and traffic signal over a shared spectrum. The pilot and traffic signal have an associated code and are received over the shared spectrum. The received signals are sampled and the samples are del... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943917 | Non-volatile memory cell and fabrication method thereof A non-volatile memory cell and the fabrication method thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory cell comprises a top electrode, a bottom electrode and an oxide layer disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The oxide layer comprises a relativ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7460580 | Segment-wise channel equalization based data estimation Data is estimated of a plurality of received spread spectrum signals. The plurality of received communications are received in a shared spectrum. The received communications are sampled to produce a received vector. The received vector is processed to produce a plur... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448696 | Rim and spoke connection for a bicycle wheel A spoked wheel for a bicycle including a rim, a hub, a plurality of spokes tensioned between the rim and the hub, each provided with a spoke attachment element for attachment to the rim, a plurality of seats, such seats being openings formed in the rim, each for hou... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448416 | Dryer fabric seam An industrial fabric is described which comprises a woven fabric body having opposing ends. The fabric repeating weave pattern includes at least two systems of vertically stacked machine direction warp yarns interwoven with at least one system of cross machine direc... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447255 | Fast joint detection user equipment A code division multiple access user equipment receives K data signals over a shared spectrum. The user equipment receives and samples a combined signal having the K transmitted data signals. A combined channel response matrix is produced. A block column of a cross ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430234 | Components and methods for processing in wireless communication data in presence of format uncertainty Components and method are provided to efficiently process wireless communications data where prior knowledge of a specific format of the communication data is not available. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured for use in a wireless communication sy... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430577 | Computationally efficient mathematical engine A method and system for performing many different types if algorithms utilizes a single mathematical engine such that the mathematical engine is capable of utilizing the same multipliers for all of the algorithms. The mathematical engine includes a selectively contr... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7414999 | Method and apparatus for receiving plurality of data signals A transmitter site transmits a plurality of data signals over a shared spectrum in a code division multiple access communication system. Each transmitted data signal experiences a similar channel response. A combined signal of the transmitted data signals is receive... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415084 | Mitigation of interference in cell search by wireless transmit and receive units The invention provides embodiments to facilitate cell search. In one embodiment, received samples are split into a plurality of sample sets for processing. Each of the sets is processed and an accumulated result is divided by an estimated noise value. In another emb... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412013 | Start-up automatic frequency control (AFC) method and apparatus A method and apparatus for use in connection with wireless communication to adjust the frequency of an oscillator to synchronize with a received signal by correlating a synchronization code channel with training sequences to estimate positive and negative offsets wh... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406314 | Wireless transmit receive unit having a transition state for transitioning from monitoring to duplex connected states and method A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and method for wireless uplink communication to and downlink communication from a wireless network are provided. The WTRU has a selectively configurable transceiver that has a network connected mode defined by a plurality of f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7388933 | Wireless communication system having adaptive threshold for timing deviation measurement and method A system and method of wireless communication determines received signal timing deviation which is used to generate a timing advance for adjusting wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) transmissions. An adaptive threshold for measuring the timing deviation is set ba... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384367 | Planet carrier for a gearbox A planet carrier (2) for a gearbox is provided, especially for an automatic transmission or a power-shift gearbox. The planet carrier (2) includes at least one planet gear (4) that is in constant contact with a sun gear and an internal geared wh... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381142 | Gear shift device for bicycles A motorized bicycle gear shift device comprising a derailleur and an electric motor, associated directly with the derailleur, for controlling the derailleur and an electric transducer of absolute type, also associated with the derailleur for producing an electric si... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369929 | Electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related method An electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and method for electronically shifting the gears of a bicycle involves the steps of: receiving a signal requesting a displacement of a chain of a bicycle gearshift from a first sprocket to a second adjacent sprocket... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364350 | Method and apparatus for using vertical magnetic stirring to produce turbulent and chaotic mixing in various states, without compromising components Vertical electromagnetic stirring is used to produce low shear, stress, turbulent and chaotic mixing of a liquid material or suspension in a container regardless of the volume or container geometry. Movement of a magnetic stir bar is controlled by multiple magnetic ... | 04/29/2008 |
| D567264 | Coating machine | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354362 | Rocker arm assembly for the rear derailleur of a bicycle Rocker arm assembly for the rear derailleur of a bicycle, comprising an outer plate carrying a pivot pin, an inner plate and a pair of idle transmission wheels arranged between the outer plate and the inner plate. The inner plate is made of metallic material and the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354114 | Spoke for a bicycle wheel, bicycle wheel comprising such a spoke and method for manufacturing such a spoke A spoke for a bicycle wheel has an elongated metallic material body that extends along a longitudinal axis X-X and has a first end portion for the attachment to a hub of a bicycle wheel, a second end portion for the attachment to a rim of a bicycle wheel and an inte... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351000 | Releasably locking device for a bicycle component, in particular for a wheel, and clamping element for the same A releasably locking device, and clamping element for such a device, secures a bicycle component to a bicycle frame. The device has a traction rod associated with a rotation cam extending in a housing. The rotation of the cam is driven by a lever-operated manual act... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348817 | Circuit and method for generating circuit power on reset signal Disclosed is an improved circuit and method for generating a power on reset signal, the circuit being a two-stage circuit comprising a delay-stage circuit and an output-stage circuit. The delay-stage circuit delays a time for a power on reset signal generated in the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347690 | Methods for use in dental articulation A computer implemented method includes providing a first set of digital data corresponding to an upper arch image of at least a portion of an upper dental arch of a patient, providing a second set of digital data corresponding to a lower arch image of at least a por... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346954 | Arrangement for cleaning surfaces with cleaning equipment having a cleaning belt An arrangement (1) for cleaning surfaces (2), particularly curved or arched or wavy surfaces and/or surfaces (2) with varying direction of curvature, for example on vehicle chassis, metal strip or unflat plates. The arrangement has a cleaning de... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345440 | Method for starting single phase BLDCM having asymmetrical air gap A method for starting a motor having a stator, a rotor, a winding and an asymmetrical air gap is accomplished using several steps. The steps include: (a) providing the motor at standstill; (b) exciting the winding for a specific time period with a current impulse ha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338824 | Method for manufacturing FFS mode LCD In the present invention, a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display is provided. The method includes steps of providing a substrate, forming a first metal layer on the substrate, etching the first metal layer to form a plurality of gate lines on the substr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334672 | Method for detecting faults in a combplate and sensor combplate A combplate closes the terminal ends of a continuous belt transport system having grooved carrier plates. The combplate has a plurality of protrusions and a communications board. The plurality of spaced apart projections are located along the one lateral edge with a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328837 | Method of attaching an RF ID tag to a hose and tracking system A hose tracking system having a hose assembly with an attached RF ID tag imbedded therein during manufacture, molded thereon or permanently attached. The RF ID tag is coded with an identification specific to the particular hose assembly. An RF ID tag reader is provi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328676 | Hydraulic valve play compensation element A hydraulic valve play compensation element for an internal combustion engine is provided as a reverse-spring/free-ball element, with a cylindrical housing, a cylindrical piston (21) guided therein with sealing play and a control valve (20), which is a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328675 | Finger lever of a valve drive of a combustion engine A finger lever (1) that can be switched for different cam lifts is provided. The finger lever includes an outer arm (2), between whose limbs (3) an inner arm (4) is pivotally mounted. Inside the inner arm (4), starting form one end... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328665 | Embroidery module for a free-arm sewing machine An embroidery module (1) is provided that is attached (docked) to the base plate (29) of a sewing machine (27) and supplied with power and control commands from the machine electronics. A free space (33), which permits the insertion of tu... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330459 | MAC controller and clock synchronizing method for use with the same In a wireless local area network media access controller (MAC) disposed in a first node of a wireless local area network, a method is performed to synchronize the clock of the first node with the clock of a second node in the wireless local area network. When a requ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329203 | Planet carrier for a gearbox A planet carrier (2) for a gearbox, especially an automatic or power shift gearbox, is provided, including at least one planet gear (4) which is connected to a sun gear and a rotor wheel. The planet carrier is embodied in two parts and is made in two b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325502 | Method and device for controlling the movement of a needle in a sewing machine A method and device for controlling movement of the needle in a sewing machine (1) based on a detection device (27), which detects the movements of the visible surface of the manually displaceable article to be sewn (3) is provided. The stitch f... | 02/05/2008 |
