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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 |
| 8156977 | Tire A tire is configured having first and second shoulder rows of shoulder tread elements opposite respective first and second interior rows of interior tread elements, separated respectively by circumferentially extending, zig-zag shaped first and second grooves within... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7431062 | Pneumatic radial tire having continuous thin groove at buttress A pneumatic radial tire having a thin groove continuous in a tire circumferential direction at a buttress formed between a shoulder of a tread and a sidewall includes a tire contour portion that is formed between an end portion of the shoulder and a groove floor of ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7350552 | Directional tread having incisions of varying inclination A tread (1) for steer axle tires for a heavy vehicle, the tire having a preferred direction of travel, the tread comprising grooves (2) of generally circumferential orientation defining at least three ribs (30, 31, 32, 33, 34), two of the ribs f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334619 | Pneumatic tire with blocks having zigzag sipes A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion 2 having blocks 7 each provided with sipeings 10, wherein each sipeing 10 has an opening having a zigzag portion 11 in its opening edge shape J at a block surface S, and opposing wall sur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329110 | Tire vulcanizing mold and pneumatic tire There is provided a tire vulcanizing mold capable of smoothly and surely forming narrow-width grooves in a treading face without causing the damage, breakage and the like of projections for the formation of the grooves in a sector mold and land portions in the tread... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311127 | Pneumatic tire with tread having sipes It is a subject to suitably decrease the rigidity of blocks, to generate suitable collapsing of the blocks, to sufficiently exhibit edge effects of sipes, and to improve braking performances and the like in the medium term of wear and thereafter; and for solving thi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7281556 | Pneumatic tire with tread portion having zigzag sipes It is an object of the present invention to improve the running performance on snowy and icy roads, and for this purpose, blocks provided with sipes are formed at a tread portion. The sipes include an open top end that opens at a block surface and a bottom, and a co... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270162 | Pneumatic tire with tread surface having blocks with sipes forming meandrous shape A pneumatic tire including sipes that have at least one ends positioned within blocks. The sipes are arranged such that each of the sipes meanders from the one end to the other end thereof to form a meandrous shape, and as the depth of the sipes increases, the meand... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267148 | Measurement of adherence between a vehicle wheel and the roadway A tire includes, among the conventional tread pattern elements, at least one measuring element having a central zone and an encircling zone. In normal operation, the central zone 10 of a measuring element slides over the ground while, conversely, the tread as... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234497 | Tyre for motorcycle A tire for a motorcycle wherein the radius of curvature (R1) of a corner portion on one side (an inside in an axial direction) of a groove of the tire is smaller than a radius of curvature (R2) of the other corner portion; the radii of curvature (R1... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201195 | Tire tread provided with incisions Tire tread including a pattern formed by at two ridges of mean width L, which include a plurality of incisions whose traces on the contact surface extend between two points of intersection A and B, the segment AB making an angle with the transverse direction of the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188650 | Siped tire tread with high transverse stiffness A tire includes a plurality of tread blocks disposed circumferentially around the tire. At least one sipe is formed into at least one of the tread blocks and is defined by first and second confronting sidewalls. The sipe has a cross-sectional profile in a plane gene... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152641 | Heavy-duty pneumatic tire having non-contact rib and shoulder blocks A heavy-duty pneumatic tire designed to suppress the occurrence of heel-and-toe wear in the shoulder blocks while maintaining good drainage and traction performance through the final stage of the wear life. In this heavy-duty pneumatic tire, whose shoulder portion i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143799 | Three-dimensional sipes for treads Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090735 | Method of compensating for residual aligning torque (RAT) A method for changing the residual aligning torque (RAT) of a pneumatic tire by forming angled sipes in certain of the tread blocks in at least a pair of circumferentially extending ribs, each rib being located on an opposite side of the mid-circumferential plane of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077180 | Pneumatic tire having sipes formed by shifting pitches of zigzag shape Disclosed is a pneumatic tire provided with multiple blocks 6 on a tread 1. A sipe 7 provided on the block 6 is formed by shifting pitches of a zigzag shape 7a on a tread face 1a side of the sipe and a zigzag s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7017634 | Tire tread including hollowed zones A tread (1) provided with a plurality of cutouts (5, 6, 71, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83) of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that: when new, some of the transverse cutouts (5, 6) form on the running surface hollowed zo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6945002 | Reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding to concrete A reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding with concrete, which comprises profiles to be embedded in a concrete body of a panel. At least some of the profiles have perforations and undulations which are suitable to increase the bonding b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907910 | Pneumatic tire including sipes A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion comprising tread elements each provided with a sipe, the sipe having an open top end and a bottom, and in a range from the open top to a certain depth, a configuration of the sipe in a plane parallel with the tread face com... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6874552 | Tread having offset first and second incisions A tire tread comprising grooves defining motifs in relief, at least one of these motifs being provided with first and second incisions, said incisions each being defined by two main lateral surfaces connected by an end surface, each of the first incisions opening on... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6868879 | Tread comprising ribs provided with incisions of varying inclination A tread (1) for a tire with a preferred rolling direction, the tread having grooves (2) of substantially circumferential orientation which delimit ribs (30, 31, 32, 33, 35), at least one of which is provided close to each of its traverse edges w... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6796349 | Pneumatic tire including protrusion dividing groove space of main groove having groove width narrowed during inflation Disclosed is a pneumatic tire effectively controlling uneven wear occurring in the vicinity of a main groove even if a groove width of the main groove is narrowed due to change in tread radius during inflation. In the pneumatic tire, with regard to the main groove h... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786257 | Pneumatic tire including twisted sipe A pneumatic tire. In a block 18 formed on a tread surface, a sipe 24 which is twisted at a predetermined angle from a surface portion 28 toward a bottom portion 30 is provided. Due to ground contact pressure exerted on a contact pa... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6719024 | Pneumatic tire having sipes In a pneumatic tire including sipes extending in zigzag provided on tread surfaces, both wall surfaces of each sipe, which face to each other, are inclined with respect to a diameter direction of the tire, constituted of triangular wall surfaces, each having two sid... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6681824 | Heavy load bearing tire having tread including at least one incision A tread for a tire bearing heavy loads, the tread being made of a rubber mix and having at least one incision defined by opposing walls, each wall having elements in relief intended to cooperate with the elements in relief of the facing wall in the contac... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681823 | Heavy load pneumatic radial tire A heavy load pneumatic radial tire has the circular fine groove 5 running in the tire circumferential direction at least at one side of the shoulder portion 4 running on both sides of the tread surface 11 of the tread portion 1. The said fine groove 5 has... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6668886 | Vehicle tire having sipes A vehicle tire is provided in the tread portion with sipes capable of improving the rigidity of tread rubber, wherein each of the sipes comprises an radially outer part and radially inner parts, the radially outer part extends radially inwards from the tr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668885 | Pneumatic tire including water drainage passage A pneumatic tire in which a block formed in a tread surface has, in a ground contacting surface thereof, a closed sipe which is formed so as to not open onto a groove. The sipe has a first opening formed in the ground-contacting surface of the block, a se... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6619352 | Tread profile of a snow tire Tread profile of a snow tire for a vehicle in which at least two vehicle wheels are rotatably mountable outside of a longitudinal vehicle axis. The tread profile includes a plurality of profile block rows aligned in a circumferential direction and distrib... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6604564 | Tread pattern motif for a tread A tire tread having grooves of transverse general orientation defining a plurality of blocks arranged so as to form a tread pattern having a preferred direction of travel, the blocks having a contact face, two lateral faces, a leading face forming an angl... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601623 | Pneumatic tire As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in a pneumatic tire of the present invention, block-shaped land portions 18 are divided by main grooves 14 and lug grooves 16 on the tread 12 of a studless tire 10 and a plurality of transverse sipings 20 is formed on each of th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595254 | Pneumatic tire including zig-zag main grooves Disclosed is a pneumatic tire effectively controlling uneven wear occurring in the vicinity of a main groove even if a groove width of the main groove is widened due to change in tread radius during inflation. In the pneumatic tire, with regard to a zigza... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591880 | Pneumatic tire including zig-zag circumferential fine grooves A pneumatic tire comprises a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portion, a tread portion, a radial carcass of at least one ply, and a belt, wherein the tread portion is provided with two or more circumferential main grooves formed in a tread rubber... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6571844 | Pneumatic tire having tread including pairs of sipes Sipes extending from one end of a block to the central area of the block and sipes extending from the other end of the block to the central area of the block (sipes 24, 28, 32 and 36) are inclined in directions opposite to each other. The sipes extending ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564840 | Lamella of high stability for a vulcanization mold, vulcanization mold with such lamellas, vehicle tire with tire tread in which sipes are produced by such lamellas A lamella for use in a vehicle tire vulcanization mold has projections and depression, wherein the height of the projections and the depth of the depressions extend substantially parallel to a peripheral surface of the tire tread of the vehicle tire to be... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6564841 | Pneumatic tire having zig-zag circumferential main grooves Disclosed is a pneumatic tire effectively controlling uneven wear occurring in the vicinity of a main groove even if a groove width of the main groove is narrowed due to change in tread radius during inflation. In the pneumatic tire, with regard to a zigz... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6484773 | Tread pattern which reduces the running noise of a tire A tread pattern for a tire, the tread pattern being formed by elements in relief defined by grooves, some of these elements in relief being provided with at least one blind incision, that is to say, one which does not open into the grooves. These elements... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6467517 | Tire having sacrificial bridging The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having a tread portion comprising a plurality of axially spaced apart essentially longitudinal grooves separating essentially longitudinal ribs. On at least one of said ribs, transverse grooves or cuts repea... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6427737 | Pneumatic tire having at least four sipes A pneumatic tire comprising a tread which comprises block-shaped land portions and a plurality of specific sipes formed on the block-shaped land portions is disclosed. At least in one portion in the direction of the depth of the sipe, the sipe has an ampl... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412531 | Tire tread having groove walls with compound contours A tread for a tire includes at circumferentially extending grooves having side walls contoured with upper and lower waveforms that are relatively staggered, or out of phase. The side walls provide alternating protrusions and recesses relative to a perpend... | 07/02/2002 |
