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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 |
| 7971377 | Lenticular image display A lenticular image display is provided for showing two or more changing images and/or three-dimensional (3D) motion effects, including a lenticular panel having an array of linear lenses, at least one image carrier bearing interlaced images disposed behind the lenti... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7895780 | Apparatus capable of displaying dynamic images An apparatus comprises a substrate, a striped pattern and a lenticular sheet. The substrate has a flat surface to which the striped pattern is applied. The lenticular sheet is arranged to be parallelly movable with respect to the striped pattern which is on the flat... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7788834 | Wearable article having a backlit lenticular display The present invention provides a wearable article such as clothing, backpacks, hats, and the like that include a backlit lenticular lens display that emits light to allow animation and special effects. The array of interlaced images can be printed directly onto the ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7578083 | Method and apparatus for visualizing images Apparatus for visualizing images, comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a window of transparent material with multiple lens effect arranged in a wall of the housing for making visible an image to be placed there behind; (c) moving means arranged in the housing for moving r... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7414790 | Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images with dual lens structures An assembly for displaying an interlaced image. The assembly includes an interlaced image, which may be digitally or web printed for example, with sets of elongate image elements or slices. A lens arrays is provided with a first side proximate the interlaced image s... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383651 | Motion displaying photo frame A motion displaying photo frame includes a frame with a rear plate, an insertion groove, a lenticluar raster, a photo paper and a driving unit having an eccentric wheel. An opening or notch is provided on the lower portion of the raster. The raster can be mounted in... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372458 | Method to fast search printing frequency to present a 3D image A method for searching a printing frequency to display a 3D picture includes breaking an image into strips and using NumLen lenses to form a NumLen-1 image cycle. After the NumLen-1 image cycle is formed, a quantity of images of the image cycle is defined to be dpi/... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359120 | Manufacture of display devices with ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images An assembly for fabricating a device for displaying an interlaced image. The method includes providing a film of transparent material and creating a lens array in the film by forming parallel lens sets on a first side of the film, and then bonding an interlaced imag... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350942 | LED matrix display module with high luminance area ratio The invention relates to a display apparatus, particularly to structure of LED display modules. The invention could be implemented through a LED matrix display module with high luminance area ratio comprising an injection molding unit and a printing board fitted the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316085 | Self-standing display device A self-standing display device for providing a viewer with a printed image which can be easily removed from any print medium such as a magazine or book, simply folded and placed on self-standing long term display. The self-standing display may have support panels wi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312926 | Lenticular image display apparatus An apparatus for displaying a lenticular image comprising a lenticular image sheet and a lenticular lens sheet. The apparatus comprising a housing adapted to receive the lenticular image sheet and lenticular lens sheet so as to allow relative sliding movement betwee... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308768 | Lenticular sign An exhibit including a non-planar outer piece formed from a plurality of substantially flat lenticular panels. The outer piece defines an interior and is configured to display an external view of the interior through the plurality of substantially flat lenticular pa... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305783 | Lenticular fireplace A lenticular fireplace and methods for simulating a fire within a fireplace. In one respect, a fire is simulated with a lenticular screen. The lenticular screen includes a lenticular lens layer and an image layer, wherein the image layer comprises one or more images... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307790 | Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images An assembly for displaying an interlaced image. The assembly includes an interlaced image, which may be digitally or web printed for example, with sets of elongate image elements or slices A lens arrays is provided with a first side proximate the interlaced image su... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302767 | Water illusion column A water flow simulation system for audio and visual illusion has an inner conduit and an outer conduit spaced apart to define a flow channel therebetween. A blower directs a flow of air through the inner conduit from one end to an opposite end where at least some of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302113 | Displaying digital images A method of displaying digital images comprises the steps of using a processor to determine an extent of similarity between a first image part and a second image part, displaying a first image part from a viewpoint and transitioning to displaying a second image part... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280087 | Multiple browser interface The present invention provides a display controller driving multiple browser displays, which are associated with user input devices. Preferably, the display controller runs a browser application for each display and receives input from each user input device. Primar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263791 | Display device A multi-image display device. Some embodiments include an alignment mechanism for correcting misalignments of an indicia, an image selector and a motion train, which form parts of the display device. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265909 | Lens substrate, a transmission screen and a rear projection device A lens substrate (microlens substrate 1) having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface is disclosed. Light is allowed to enter the lens substrate from the first surface thereof and then exit from the second surface thereof. The len... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234257 | Means for maintaining spatial relationships in lenticular display units The present invention provides an improved lenticular display unit for advertising, information, or decoration. The unit comprises means for maintaining the required spatial relationship between the indicia carrier, on which the information to be displayed is contai... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7212346 | Continuous lenticular image label web Described in this application is a method of making a continuous lenticular image label web and a process for making a plurality of lenticular labels using a continuous lenticular image label web. In addition, a continuous lenticular image label web is described and... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210257 | Device for displaying lenticular displays The claimed invention provides a self-actuating lenticular display assembly that places the lenticular image in intimate contact with the lenticular lens while maintaining the lenticular image separate from the lenticular lens to form the lenticular display. The len... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7137215 | Animation frame An animation frame including a front frame body, a back plate installed therein with a grating plate and frame brackets, a moveable plane plate stuck with pictures, a battery, an IC circuit board and coils etc. The grating plate is placed on the pictures on the plan... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124893 | Packaging unit for an article allowing it to be seen A packaging unit delimiting a space in which an article can be located such as an article containing a cosmetic product. The packaging includes at least one portion configured so that, when seen in a first direction, at least a part of the article can be seen and, w... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7088396 | System and camera for creating lenticular output from digital images A digital camera for capturing images to be provided to a lenticular apparatus, including: a digital camera that can capture digital images; a memory that stores the captured digital images; a processor for processing the captured digital images, a display for displ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080473 | Novelty animated device with synchronized audio output, and method for achieving synchronized audio output therein A method for creating realistic synchronization of a sound sample including speech to the motion of a lenticular image is disclosed, together with a device for achieving such synchronization. The device includes a lenticular image consisting of a number of different... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7058581 | System and method of distributing and returning products The present invention comprises a product distribution and return system which includes a return mailer dispensed with a product from a vending machine. The product is returnable in the return mailer to a return center in another location. In another embodiment, a m... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046441 | High transmittance sub-wavelength structure polarization module The present invention relates to a high-transmission polarization module composed of sub-wavelength structures, which comprises: a transmission substrate and a plurality of collimation units. The transmission substrate possesses a top and a bottom surfaces. The top ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035467 | Method and system for processing images for themed imaging services In a method for determining the general semantic theme of a group of images, whereby each digitized image is identified as belonging to a specific group of images, one or more image feature measurements are extracted from each of the digitized images in an image gro... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023617 | Display apparatus A display apparatus according to the present invention includes a transmission type of fluorescent display lamp (FL) 1 on which a pattern layer is not masked. The rear and front spaces of the transmission type FL 1 are defined by frames 5, 6. On... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001654 | Lenticular label manufacture A continuous lenticular label construction including a lenticular assemblies joined with a continuous web so that the lenticules of the assemblies are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the web. A method of manufacture includes: advancing a continuous web of lab... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000343 | Flexible platen image display device and method A multi-image display device has an arcuate platen formed by mounting a transparent flexible sheet in compression to a frame. The platen is convex or otherwise bow-shaped. Associated with the platen are a translucent image sheet having a plurality of images thereon ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002748 | Method of producing a package from a sheet having lenticular lens in pre-selected areas A method of producing a package from lenticular sheet having anisotropic optical properties comprising the steps of providing a body of transparent material having a pair of opposing sides and an index of refraction greater than one; forming a plurality of lenses on... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992693 | Display apparatus In a display apparatus (10), a lenticular lens (2) is detachable from or integrated with a frame (1). An insertion slot 3 for inserting an object to be displayed in the horizontal direction is formed between the frame (1) and lenti... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974080 | Lenticular bar code image A lenticular bar code image includes a lenticular lens having a front surface including a plurality of lenticules and a back surface opposite the front surface; and an image joined to the back surface of the lens, the image including a bar code symbol having bars. T... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6930794 | Method and device for the generation of printed graphic patterns for exhibiting movie pictures to moving observers by means of a static optical apparatus A method for generating printed images of a graphic pattern of a movie picture to be displayed for moving observers using a long display panel composed of the graphic pattern and a plate made up of a plurality of cylinder converging lenses arranged parallel to each ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910600 | In-line windowed facial tissue carton Disclosed herein is a facial tissue container comprising: a top face having a plurality of top face portions, the top face portions for creating a facial tissue container opening; a bottom face disposed opposite the top face and having a plurality of bottom face por... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6865834 | Display apparatus A display apparatus has a lens sheet with a plurality of unit columnar lenses arranged so as to be parallel to one another, and is disposed on the observation side of a display panel, spaced therefrom by a layer of air. The direction of the ridge lines of the unit c... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6843009 | Lenticular folding card, card case, and book A picture book, folding card, or card-case, and modifications for larger displays, all of which show film-like animation, as well as other types of lenticular images, and all of which include embodiments allowing interchangeable images, as well as accommodating stan... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6748684 | Display units The invention provides a display unit for displaying two or more consecutively changing images, the unit including a curved lenticular panel having front and rear faces; a displaceable, lightweight, image-carrying film spread out along the rear face; an electric dri... | 06/15/2004 |
