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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 |
| 4829875 | Over-centre locking tool A clamping tool of the "Vise-Grip" type for holding two pieces of sheet metal in overlying abutting Relationship so that they can be welded or rivetted together. The tool is particularly useful in situations when one side of the work area is inaccessible ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4805493 | Hot radiator cap and pressure remover A tool for the release of pressure in a hot automobile radiator comprises elongated tongs having jaws at one end for gripping the radiator cap and handgrips at the other end. The tool may be manipulated to loosen the cap from a position removed from the r... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4776079 | Clamping tools for air brakes There are two embodiments of clamping tools described which are useful in removal and installation of air brake assemblies of the type including a brake can and a brake can tube held together by means of a retention ring. One clamping tool is adapted to s... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4757730 | Device for releasing conical connectors A device for releasing conical coupling connections including a handle including opposing jaws which define wedge-shaped cross-sections. Preferably, the jaws define a central semi-circular portion adapted to engage the circumference of the conical connect... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4719789 | Crimping tool A tool for crimping terminals onto the ends of electrical conductors so that a cross-sectional shape of a four-tipped star is obtained comprises in a pair of die carriers at least one pair of co-operating die elements, each die element comprising a centra... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4669341 | Extraction device A workpiece to which traction to be applied is firmly held by a gripping device to which is anchored one end of an impacting hammer having a rectilinear guide with a free end directed away from the workpiece. An impact member of high inertia is slidably d... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4649634 | Hand tool A hand tool for installing a discharge pin transversely in an insulated wire having a highly stranded central conductor.... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4563833 | Fish holding device A fish holding device of the pliers type having longitudinally curved jaws with well rounded transversely extending grooves providing broad teeth having rounded surfaces to engage and hold a fish without seriously injuring the fish or piercing the scales ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4474059 | Valve adjusting tool An adjusting tool is easily usable on valve stem pusher structure to enable gap indication and adjustment. A socket grips a nut associated with that structure; a gripper locks the socket on the nut; and an indicator on the gripper indicates the gap dimens... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4457306 | Tool and method for engaging two members of a joint prosthesis A novel pliers-like tool is disclosed for bringing into engagement the first member, having a head and a neck depending therefrom, and the second member, having a cavity therein receiving said head, of a joint prosthesis. In use, the inner surface of one,... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4425826 | Tool for removing lids from tins A gripping tool has first and second displaceably connected members having respective associated jaws. The jaw of the first member is dimensioned to engage the upstanding flange under the peripheral lip of a tin lid such as is found on a tin of paint and ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4318316 | Locking pliers for gripping threaded hanger rods The tool of the present invention comprises a pair of locking pliers with jaws specifically designed to include a threaded cavity complementing a threaded hanger rod, so that the jaws may be quickly closed and locked to grip the rod and support an object ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4299146 | Clamping device A clamping device having a first jaw, a second jaw and means for urging said first jaw toward said second jaw wherein a clamping plate is rigidly secured to the first jaw and a second clamping plate is pivotally secured to the second jaw so that the devic... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4198738 | Tool to install elbow joint and clamp A special purpose tool for assembling an elbow joint wherein a rubber gasket is compressed into a collar surrounding a pipe and the collar secured against the elbow member flange so that a clamp may be affixed is disclosed. The device consists of opposed,... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4179782 | Cable terminal-ferrule attaching apparatus Apparatus for attaching a cable terminal to a ferrule using a snap ring to chieve a rotatable connection wherein one jaw of the apparatus supports the terminal, a second jaw supports the ferrule, and an intermediate third jaw supports and compresses the sn... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4147167 | Ophthalmic prosthesis implant instrument An ophthalmic prosthesis implant to be used as a replacement and cosmetic correction for the loss of an eye due to injury or illness and to replace the orbital cavity formally occupied by the natural eye. The implant includes a generally hemispherical car... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4136589 | Key holding tool Clamping jaws are associated with a tool of the type which is arranged to open the jaws and to close them in clamping engagement on a key blank. The jaws include a longitudinal dimension biting portion for holding a key blank in a rigid longitudinal exten... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4125938 | Spark plug cover remover A spark plug cover removing tool having a pair of lever arms which are very short and have hook-shaped gripping portions and jaws which are circular to embrace and grip the boot covering a spark plug, the jaws extending substantially less than semicircula... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4044413 | Clamp assembly with guide means for removing selected arc length of clamped ring for size reduction A handable clamp such as a vice grip, carrying a pair of interlocking arcuate-faced extension jaws, one of which is laterally projecting on both sides of clamp jaws and formed with parallel-sided tongues and guide slots spaced apart by aliquot distances, ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4027368 | Forceps tool for wire insertion The disclosure relates to a forceps type hand tool for gripping individual wires, either discrete or in a cable array, and forcibly inserting the gripped wire within a slotted plate type electrical contact. The working portion of the tool laterally suppor... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4017958 | Irrigation apparatus The irrigation apparatus includes a quick-connect, self-piercing drip emitter insertable in a plastic pipe to effect a controlled, localized trickle of irrigating water. The apparatus is usable either above the surface of the ground or below the surface a... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3952619 | Tube assembly tool A tool for assembling press-in tube connections which comprises pivoted plier elements having an L-shaped nose with two pairs of opposed recesses at right angles to each other to grip tubes in the plane of the pliers, or perpendicular to the plane, with i... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3930329 | Bait molding device A bait molding device for forming and securing moldable bait material such as bread dough about a fishhook. A mold is formed of two cup shaped mold sections which are secured to pliers-like devices for opening and closing of the mold sections. The molds a... | 01/06/1976 |
