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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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| 7188308 | Interface and method for exploring a collection of data An interface and a method is provided for permitting a user to explore a collection of data. The data collection provides nodes as structural elements, and references which are assigned to nodes and hold the address of another node. Multiple references can be assign... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7146571 | System and method for two tier paste buffer and display A system and method is provided for inserting into a display material copied to a clipboard. A user selects material to be copied the clipboard. The system selects and copies to the clipboard additional material. The user selects an insertion point for the user sele... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7065713 | Apparatus and method for keeping aggregated portions of multiple web sites simultaneously displayed and updated An apparatus and method for creating and automatically refreshing a composite web page. The present invention is a method, implementable in computer software, for selecting areas of interest from a plurality of web pages. The user creates a boundary around the areas... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051291 | System for managing data objects A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024634 | Display control system causing image on display screen to disappear and reappear in a friendly manner to user The present invention provides a display control system for controlling data which is displayed on a screen of a display unit. The system includes a pointing device for pointing to a position on the screen of the display unit, a deleting unit for gradually deleting ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017118 | Method and apparatus for reordering data items A swapping utility enables directional commands from a graphic user interface and/or keyboard to be utilized to swap data items associated with lists, tables or other series of data items. Upon receipt of both a directional command, e.g. up, down, left, or right, an... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003695 | Undo/redo algorithm for a computer program A method of tracking modifications of specific program objects during the runtime of a computer program, facilitates the creation of general UnDo and ReDo operations, as well as the support of an object-specific UnDo operation. When an object is modified, the object... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6961907 | “Append” extension to cut and copy commands for a clipboard function in a computer system A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture providing an “append” extension to cut and copy commands for a clipboard function in a computer system. Data is displayed on a monitor of the computer and a first command is received from an operator to select a po... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6944821 | Copy/paste mechanism and paste buffer that includes source information for copied data An annotated paste buffer defines a first field for copied information, and a second field for source information relating to the copied information. A copy/paste mechanism in accordance with the preferred embodiments copies the information the user selects into the... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928622 | Persistent stateful ad hoc checkbox selection A method for stateful toggling of checkbox status, including detecting a touch event on a first checkbox, storing the initial status of all checkboxes in the set, and toggling the status of the first checkbox to a new status. Embodiments also include repeatedly, for... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6928620 | Direct printing of contents of a universal resource locator A URL page is printed by a computing system. When a reference to a URL address is dragged and dropped upon a print icon, the URL page is accessed from the Internet. The URL page is then printed on a printer. When the URL page is accessed and printed, the URL page is... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910190 | Display control system causing image on display screen to disappear and reappear in a friendly manner to user The present invention provides a display control system for controlling data which is displayed on a screen of a display unit. The system includes a pointing device for pointing to a position on the screen of the display unit, a deleting unit for gradually deleting ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 5579521 | Conversion of data and objects across classes in an object management system In response to a user pasting data within a clipboard to a desktop for an object management facility, a new object for the data is created. The data is placed within the new object, and an icon is displayed on the desktop for the new object. When the data... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5245701 | Method and system for processing image data based on pixel characteristics An image processing system receives different types of image data with different number of bits per pixel, stores the image data into a memory, and applies given image processing steps to the image data stored therein. A control device is included in the ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5157763 | Visually assisted method for transfer of data within an application or from a source application to a receiving application Data is transferred between files within an application program or between multiple, independent, simultaneously active application programs appearing concurrently on a computer display screen using a visually assisted method. Data to be transferred from ... | 10/20/1992 |
