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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 |
| 8182131 | Light guide plate and backlight unit having the same In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a light guide plate includes a first light incident surface receiving a first external light, a second light incident surface receiving a second external light and opposite to the first light inci... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8152353 | Surface emission apparatus, light guide, and method of manufacturing light guide A surface emission apparatus includes a first light source for emitting invisible light rays; a second light source for emitting visible light rays; a light guide having a light entrance surface for entering therethrough into the light guide the invisible light rays... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7967493 | Light guide plate and backlight module using the same A light guide plate has a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface or the light emitting surface has a plurality of light guide units disposed thereon. Each of the light guide units has a first curved surface and a se... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959343 | Illumination system for luminaires and display devices The invention relates to an illumination system (4) comprising at least one light source (10) for emitting light of a predominant wavelength (W), and a light-transmitting panel (14) which comprises a light-emitting window (16), a rear wal... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7845841 | Angle sweeping holographic illuminator Light guides of various shapes are configured to adjust the angle of the individual light rays in a bundle of light within the light guide so that the angle of the respective rays are adjusted towards an acceptance angle of a hologram embedded within the light guide... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7762706 | Planar light source A planar light source has a light emitting source, and a light guide plate for receiving light beams emitted from the light emitting source at a front side thereof and changing direction of the light beams, discharging the light beams from an upper surface thereof. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7740391 | Backlight module A backlight module has a light guide plate and a plurality of light sources. The light guide plate includes a light exit surface, a plurality of light entrance surfaces round the light exit surface, and a plurality of light guide portions disposed on the bottom surf... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740392 | Surface illumination apparatus and liquid crystal display A surface illumination apparatus is provided which includes a laser light source and a light guide plate upon which a laser beam emitted from the laser light source is incident through an end-surface portion and from which the laser beam is emitted through a main-su... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7695180 | Illumination assembly and system Illumination assemblies and systems using same are disclosed. The illumination assembly can include a reflective substrate, and a light source unit including one or more light sources capable of producing illumination light. The assembly can further include a first ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7670041 | Backlight module A backlight module (10) includes a light source and a light guide plate (12). The light source defines a number of light units (11) for emitting light beams. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface (121), an emission surfa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7594744 | Backlight module A backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a base plate and a reflecting film. The base plate has an upper surface on which a plurality of protrusions is formed, a curved bottom surface opposite to the upper su... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594745 | Optical plate and backlight module using the same An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of enclosing V-shaped protrusions, a plurality of microstructures and at least one lamp-receiving porti... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7591580 | Lighting device In the lighting device, cylindrical lenses are provided on a reflection surface side of a light guide plate, and the adjacent cylindrical lenses are connected by a concaved curved surface. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7575359 | Light guide plate, method and apparatus for producing same, and light source device and liquid crystal display utilizing same It is a light guide plate characterized by having a groove in a snaking pattern formed on a transparent plate made of acrylic or other materials with light transmitting characteristics. It substantially increases efficiency and its manufacturing cost can be greatly ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7527415 | Light guide plate and backlight module using the same A light guide plate has a bottom surface including flat surfaces (FSs) and a plurality of prism patterns (PPs) disposed alternately with the FSs, a light emitting surface (LES) and a light incident surface (LIS). Each FS is at a first distance respectively from the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7517131 | Backlight module with light guide plate having reflective structures and liquid crystal display with same An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light guide plate (10) and a light source (12) arranged to provide light beams to the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a light emitting surface (102), a bottom surface (102 | 04/14/2009 |
| 7507012 | LCD displays with light redirection A backlight apparatus for directing light toward a display panel and the resulting display device comprises a solid lightguide comprising opposite TIR surfaces, containing a desired pattern of light redirecting surface features located between the TIR surfaces and i... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507011 | Surface light source equipment and apparatus using the same A surface light source equipment includes a light source and a light conductive plate having a light outgoing surface from which a light introduced from the light source outgoes. The light conductive plate is configured so tat the outgoing light is spread across sub... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7470054 | Light-guide board A light-guide board includes a light guide plate made out of an optically transmissive material and having a transparent layer and a back reflecting layer formed integral with the back side of the transparent layer, and a plurality of reflecting baffles respectively... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7441936 | Light guide plate with high-density diffusing dots An exemplary light guide plate includes a light input surface, a bottom surface, a light output surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a plurality of dots. The dots are arranged on the bottom surface in series of adjacent columns parallel to the light input sur... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410286 | Flat-panel display using tapered waveguide A video display for two or three dimensions has a flat liquid-crystal screen which ejects light from the plane at a selectable line. One or, in the case of a 3-D display, several video projectors project a linear image into the plane from an edge. A complete image i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404661 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting panel assemblies include a light guide having a pattern of individual deformities of well defined shape that are projections or depressions on or in at least one side of the light guide. At least some of the deformities are quite small in relation to ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404659 | Backlight module A backlight module includes at least a light guide board, a reflector film, an optic film, and a light scarce. The light guide board has a light emitting surface on which a plurality of light: converging elements is formed. The optic film has a surface on which a pl... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404662 | Light guide plate having high-density dots A light guide plate (10) includes a pair of opposite incidence surfaces (101, 103), an emission surface (108) and a bottom surface (109) opposite to the emission surface. A plurality of dots (11) is distributed on the bottom surfac... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401966 | Light guide plate having high-density dots A light guide plate (10) includes a pair of opposite incidence surfaces (101, 103), an emission surface (108) and a bottom surface (109) opposite to the emission surface. A plurality of dots (11) is distributed on the bottom surfac... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400805 | Compact light collection system and method A light collection system includes at least one light source, a light tunnel having reflective walls and a collimating plate at the light output end of the tunnel. The collimating plate includes an optical element array. The element array receives the light emitted ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394107 | Light guide plate, surface light source device and display A guide plate has a back face provided with a great number of micro-reflectors which has a guide portion and a conversion output portion including a valley. The conversion output portion reflects twice input light P at inner slopes, generating inner output light Q d... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387422 | Light-guide plate, backlight assembly having the light-guide plate and display device having the backlight assembly A light-guide plate includes an incident surface receiving light, an upper surface extended from a first side of the incident surface, a lower surface opposed to the upper surface and a plurality of first prisms protruding from the upper surface and spaced apart by ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380968 | Optical deflector element and light source device An optical deflector element has a light incoming surface (41) in which light enters and a light outgoing surface (42) located opposite the light incoming surface and from which light exits. In the light incoming surface (41) are arranged elonga... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377678 | Backlight module A backlight module including a diffuser, a reflector, a side light source, a prism lens and a TIR (total internal reflection) lens is disclosed. The reflector is disposed under the diffuser. The side light source is disposed on a side between the diffuser and the re... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378686 | Light emitting diode and side emitting lens The invention is an illumination system that incorporates a light emitting diode and a side-emitting light-recycling lens. The side-emitting light-recycling lens recycles part of the light internally generated by a light emitting diode back to the light emitting dio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371001 | Light guide plate A light guide plate includes a top surface serving as a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface serving as a reflecting surface, and a periphery having a first side surface serving as an incident surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface. Th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367704 | Light guide plate and backlight module using same A light guide plate includes having a block body includes a bottom surface, a light emitting surface on an opposite side of the light guide plate to the bottom surface, at least three spaced light incident surfaces, and at least three fresnel lens portions provided ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364336 | Plane light source device and display device provided with the same The present invention aims to provide a plane light source device having enhanced efficiency of use of light and high brightness uniformity. A plane light source device of the present invention is provided with a housing having an opening section, a scatterin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364337 | Flexible backlight unit for key of input device Provided is a backlight unit for a key of an input device. The unit includes a light guide plate and at least one light emitting unit. The light guide plate is formed of flexible transparent resin and has a light guide pattern portion in which a plurality of engrave... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366392 | Lighting device and display device using the same A lighting device comprises a light guide plate having a light incident surface and a light exit surface, at least one point light source for emitting light that is incident on the light incident surface of the light guide plate and is guided by the light guide plat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364340 | Backlight unit for flat panel display and flat panel display apparatus having the same A backlight unit for a flat panel display and a flat panel display apparatus having the same. The backlight unit for a flat panel display displaying a predetermined image includes: a light source which emits light; a light guide panel having an incident surface faci... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360939 | Surface emitting device, backside illumination device, and liquid crystal display device At the light emission surface of a light-guiding plate, first and second grooves and second grooves are formed. Each of the first grooves has a pair of slope parts, and each slope part has an easy slope and a steep slope. The second grooves intersect the first groov... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357557 | Light guide plate A light guide plate comprises: a plate ember having a light transmitting capability; and a light incidence face provided on a side surface of the plate member; wherein the plate member changes a path of light emitted from a light source arranged to face the light in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358018 | Substrate for electrophotographic photoreceptor, process for producing the substrate, and electrophotographic photoreceptor employing the substrate An electrophotographic photoreceptor substrate which can be easily produced with high productivity and prevents the occurrence of image defects, and which has fine grooves formed in the surface thereof and is characterized in that the grooves are curved and disconti... | 04/15/2008 |
