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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 |
| 4125310 | Electrical connector assembly utilizing wafers for connecting electrical cables Flexible or conventional wire cables are terminated and interconnected at connectors with only a pressure type contact. Two cable terminations are fabricated from identically chemically milled thin metallic wafers, in which one wafer is plated with metall... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4118102 | Isolated path coupling system A circuit board or sheet of homogeneous material having one or more circuit elements adhering to a surface thereof, said sheet providing a low through resistance path between each circuit element and opposed and aligned contacts positioned in surface cont... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116516 | Multiple layered connector A connector for a printed wiring board wherein a portion of a multiple layered cable extends into the connector housing and comprises a plurality of stepped layers each of which comprises a plurality of contacts. The end of the printed wiring board which ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116517 | Flexible printed circuit and electrical connection therefor A flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to a printed circuit board or the like without the use of intermediate conducting contact elements. The flexible printed circuit has conductive strips thereon each terminating in a conductive pad. The p... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4113981 | Electrically conductive adhesive connecting arrays of conductors An electrically conductive adhesive comprises electrically conductive particles mixed in a non-conductive base at such a mixing ratio that the conductive particles are not in contact with one another. When this adhesive is disposed between facing electrod... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4111510 | Flexible circuit/flat cable to circuit board edge connector for electronic wrist watches, calculators and the like A generally C-shaped or Ω-shaped elongated clamp secures a flexible circuit or flat cable to the edge of a circuit board designed for use in electronic watches, calculators, combinations thereof and like small devices such as are wearable on the user's w... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4092057 | Flexible circuit assembly A flexible circuit assembly and a method of making it in which there are no separate electrical interconnections between the flexible interconnecting cable and the rigid connector. A flexible insulating film is bonded to a surface of the connector member ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4087146 | Flat flexible cable surface mount connector assembly A connector assembly is disclosed for effecting electrical connection between a flat flexible cable and a flat surface, such as provided by the pads of a printed circuit board. The subject assembly includes a housing block which receives the cable along o... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4080027 | Electrical contact and connector There is disclosed an electrical contact which comprises a substantially rigid electrically conductive body and a substantially flexible contacting portion electrically connected thereto. The contacting portion includes a first segment of insulative mater... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4072387 | Multiple conductor connector unit and cable assembly This disclosure is directed to a connector unit which has the capability of mating a plurality of side by side insulated conductors (usually in the form of a multiconductor, flat, flexible, bonded or laminated cable) with a plurality of similarly spaced c... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4060889 | Method of forming flexible electrical circuit connections A system for the connection of flexible electrical circuits to electrical components, particularly gas discharge panels. Flexible circuits are used to carry electrical signals to and/or from various electrical components. In the case of gas discharge pane... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4057311 | Elastomeric connector for parallel circuit boards Electrical connector for connecting opposed conductors on spaced-apart printed circuit boards or the like comprises a connector housing body having oppositely directed sides which have trough-like recesses therein. Elastomeric bodies are provided in the r... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4042861 | Mounting arrangement for an integrated circuit unit in an electronic digital watch An integrated circuit block assembly is provided with a base plate, a printed base carrying thereon a connecting and wiring pattern and a number of electrodes for connection with those on an integrated circuit chip, fine metallic wires, each being connect... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4023878 | Electrical coupling means The disclosure is of an insulating body which is adapted to clamp together a device having contact pads and a multi-wire cable which is to be electrically connected to the contact pads on the device. The body carries a generally U-shaped spring which, whe... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4023877 | Means for coupling a connector cable to contacts on a substrate The disclosure is of a connector comprising an insulating body which carries a cable having exposed conductors to be pressed into contact with electrode contacts on a substrate. One end of the cable is secured to a printed circuit board or the like. The c... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4019798 | Flexible electrical circuit connections A system for the connection of flexible electrical circuits to electrical components, particularly gas discharge panels. Flexible circuits are used to carry electrical signals to and/or from various electrical components. In the case of gas discharge pane... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4018496 | Interconnection for conductor assemblies having closely spaced conductive lines A set of closely spaced, parallel conductive lines on an insulating support are located in face to face electrical contact with a corresponding set of conductive lines on a second insulating support, and a new structure is provided for adjusting the two s... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4012093 | Connector arrangement for thin, deflectable conductors An arrangement for forming an electrical connection to a thin, deflectable conductor, such as in a printed circuit tape, in which a pin is forced through an opening in the conductor to expand the opening to cause the conductor to overlie and bear against ... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3988648 | Protective carrier for microcircuit devices An improved protective carrier for microcircuit devices having beam leads wherein a compressible member is disposed on the carrier base beneath and overlapping the periphery of an aperture in a flexible circuit element, the element being adapted to receiv... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3961228 | Printed circuit board arrangement An improved printed circuit board arrangement is disclosed which is especially suited for use in miniaturized electrical or electronic apparatus. A first printed circuit board is provided for accommodating a plurality of circuit components and designed to... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3960424 | Multi-contact spring connector for board to board connections A connector for connecting corresponding terminal pads on parallel panel-like surfaces such as printed circuit boards utilizes thin etched metallic conductors to generate the necessary contact pressures. A cooperating rigid support member enables springs ... | 06/01/1976 |
