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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 |
| 7185783 | Fastcan Outdoor and indoor debris receptacles that can be formed from molded plastic. The receptacles include an open upper end with a D-shaped configuration and a closed bottom end with a substantially circular bottom configuration. The receptacles can have a generally cyl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156254 | Blow molded drum Steel and plastic drums are utilized in many industries for transporting and storing various liquids which may be utilized as fuels, lubricants, ingredients, process fluids, or the like. Often the liquids transported and stored in such drums are highly caustic and/o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150373 | Transport and storage device The invention relates to a device for transporting and/or storing an especially liquid medium, which comprises a relatively thin-walled plastic inner container (1) that receives the medium and an outer container (4) that encloses the inner container li... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6805253 | Protective casing A casing for the protection of an article contained within the casing is described, the protective casing comprising: at least two casing members which are assemblable to constitute a casing having an internal volume to receive the article, each of said at least two... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6761276 | Sleeve cover A covering system for use in connection with an appliance mount having a at least one self-closing tubular sleeve and a plurality of retaining rings. The retaining rings are adapted to engage a support structure. The sleeve wraps around the support structure and cre... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6343710 | Barrel-like container with cover designed for complete drainage A container has a body with side walls and a bottom, as well as a cover connected to the side walls but below the rim. The cover is shaped as an offset dome or a sloped roof such that the bung is adjacent a side wall and at the highest point of the cover ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6223930 | Plastic drum with drain sump A plastic drum is formed with a body having at access hole on top and protective chimes. The body also includes a sloping bottom with a sump aligned with the access hole to allow, substantially, all the contents of the drum to be removed without turning t... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6071037 | Traffic control barriers A traffic control barrier consisting of an inverted, first barrel liner base, a circular connecting ring fitted over the bottom of the base, a second, upright, barrel liner fitted within the circular connecting ring, and an inverted, third barrel liner pl... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6047846 | Plastic drum with drain sump A plastic drum is formed with a body having an access hole on top and protective chimes. The body also includes a sloping bottom with a sump aligned with the access hole to allow, substantially, all the contents of the drum to be removed without turning t... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045000 | Blow molded drum A plastic blow molded drum has unique top and bottom structure providing protection and strength for the drum and attachments. An integrally formed top structure with a sufficiently deep recess provides protection for drum inserts and associated closures.... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6026980 | One-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum with handling ring and method of molding same A one-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum having an integrally-formed compression-molded handling ring and method of molding same is provided. The drum has structural strength and stability to resist breakage of the drum upon impact due to tipping or dr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024245 | One-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum with handling ring and method of molding same A one-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum having an integrally-formed compression-molded handling ring and method of molding same is provided. The drum has structural strength and stability to resist breakage of the drum upon impact due to tipping or dr... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5897016 | Container for pressurized fluids A keg (10) for a pressurized fluid is formed of a main body part (11), to respective open ends of which are secured upper and lower ends parts (14, 12), each of the three parts being an injection moulding of thermoplastics material and connected together ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5695986 | Low cost compost bin apparatus with air supply means A low-cost compost bin with air tubes or air panels which is easy to assemble and use. The bin is comprised of two flexible sheets which form a cylinder. Two openings are located on opposing sides of the cylinder. As material to be composted is piled in t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690249 | Multi-sectioned improved air supply compost container The invention concerns a compost container consisting of a number of ring-shaped container sections, constructed to be assembled, as well as of a ventilated base-plate and a lid. The purpose of the invention, to improve the air supply to the container's i... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5628420 | Rollable container The invention relates to a container comprising a hollow enclosed substantially cylindrical rigid body. The body is provided with an elongate passageway extending through the body along the cylindrical axis thereof, the body further provided with a sunken... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5624050 | Lid and structural arrangement for recycling and refuse receptacles The outside of the structural reinforcing rings are slightly inclined inwardly or outwardly with respect to the vertical axis of a slatted refuse or recycling receptacle to provide a pleasing bow inwardly or outwardly to the outward surface of the recepta... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5568876 | Reusable barrel of synthetic resin A barrel for initial use as a bunghole barrel having a bunghole lid with a filling and emptying bunghole, as well as an aerating and venting bunghole, a lid flange and barrel border. The lid flange and the barrel border have a spacing when the lid is clos... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5553753 | Method of manufacturing a plastic aerosol container having plastic end closures Broadly stated, this invention comprises a pressure container having an extruded plastic body portion and plastic end closures for the body portion, each end closure having a recess portion for receiving the respective ends of the body portion. In a prefe... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5425454 | Stackable drum The invention concerns a large-capacity stackable drum with a substantially cylindrical sidewall and top and bottom ends. To improve the stackability in particular the long-term stackability an internal hydrostatic pressure which supports the side wall is... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5273181 | Plastic drum with drain sump and method of making the same A one-piece plastic drum is formed with a top, bottom and sidewall. The top is profiled to form a sump around an access opening so that when the drum is turned upside down, all the liquids are dispensed from the drum.... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5199570 | Liquid transportation container A liquid transportation container is substantially rectangular in shape and includes a rectangular container body and an upper flange portion in the form of a sleeve which attaches to the upper edge of the container body. The upper flange portion is separ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193715 | Widemouthed barrel of a synthetic resin The widemouthed barrel (1) of a thermoplastic synthetic resin, developed with the objective of minimum space requirement during empty transport and maximum shipping safety, has a conical sidewall section (2) making it possible to stack several barrels one... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5071028 | Storage drum with drain channel An improved drum draining apparatus is provided through forming a lowered sump in the bottom panel of the drum opposite the bunghole and forming a channel along the inside wall of the drum which connects the sump to the bunghole. When the drum is nearly e... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5044510 | Bunghole-equipped barrel Bunghole-equipped barrel of a synthetic resin with a blow-molded sidewall with a bottom, and with a lid made of a plastic injection-molded component with integrally molded-on bungholes. The lid (4) has a central, trough-like indentation (9) which in a sub... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5014873 | Barrel of thermoplastic material A barrel of thermoplastic material has at least one connecting portion having an emptying opening and arranged in a trough-like depression in the upper end part of the barrel. In the region of the connecting portion the barrel has at least one inclined su... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4776479 | Spigoted barrel In a spigoted barrel of a synthetic resin, welded together from two or more parts, with a sidewall section, a head section, and a lid section, exhibiting bungholes (e.g. 9) hidden in depressions, a barrier (13) is integrally molded to the inner surface (1... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4680068 | Method for forming drum handling rings A method and apparatus for forming a drum handling ring having an inverted frustoconical geometry to facilitate engagement of a conventional parrot beak gripper with the ring. The end of an advancing, straight strip of heated thermoplastic material, conti... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4500007 | Parrot-beakable freestanding plastic drum assemblage for handling heavy materials There is provided a plural part freestanding receptacle assemblage for storage and handling of bulk quantities of material which comprises a plastic drum and handling means concentrically and holdingly assembled about the drum grippable by chime-handling ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4378328 | Method for making chime structure for blow molded hollow member The invention sets out a method and apparatus of forming a chime projecting radially outwardly of a blow molded hollow member. The chime is formed immediately after the blow molding of the hollow member by forming a radially outwardly projecting channel-s... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4372458 | Protective skirt assembly for a container A protective skirt for a barrel or other container. The assembly includes a cylindrical skirt made of resilient material which is bonded to the outer surface of a stamped metal backing ring. The inner and outer annular edges of the ring project beyond the... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4282974 | Plastic-enclosed metal barrel A plastic encased metal barrel has annular stack edges of plastic, which axially project beyond the barrel bottom and top. The top and bottom stack edges form annular noses which project axially. The diameters of the annular noses are so related to one an... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4252585 | Method for making a plastic container Plastic containers include a shell an open end of which is sealably closed by a closure member having a peripheral hinge portion secured to the shell and an inner expanse which may be bowed axially of the shell. The closure member is unfolding or deformab... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4201306 | Variable capacity all-plastic drum An all-plastic drum construction permits a variety of sizes and capacity of drum by utilizing an extruded tube for the drum side walls of selected diameter and length proportional to the drum capacity desired. An injection molded bottom closure is welded ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4171751 | Composite steel-jacketed plastic barrel A composite steel-jacketed plastic barrel comprises a blow-molded inner container of synthetic resin that has external peripheral ribs molded integrally thereon and projecting flanges at its opposite ends. The side wall of the inner container is thinnest ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4155794 | Plastic container Plastic containers include a shell an open end of which is sealably closed by a closure member having a peripheral hinge portion secured to the shell and an inner expanse which may be bowed axially of the shell. The closure member is unfolding or deformab... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4088239 | Plastic drum and metal handling ring Disclosed is a plastic drum having a circumferential recess in the sidewall of the drum near its top, in the form of a frustum of a cone and adapted to receive a one-piece snap-on metal ring carrier structure of a disclosed design that allows handling of ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4034896 | Diaphragm controlled garden and orchard sprayer A garden and orchard sprayer having identical canister halves which are bolted together with a flexible diaphragm therebetween for the purpose of containing and spraying insecticides, herbicides, etc. Each shell half is identical so a single mold may be u... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3952904 | Container, particularly a beer barrel Container, particularly a beer barrel, with a first part, made of plastics in the form of a vessel, open at one end, the part merging in the vicinity of the open end via a shoulder into a cylindrical part with enlarged diameter, which receives with a clos... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3938687 | Barrel of synthetic material Two symmetrical, axially separable barrel halves of plastic material are provided at their confronting end faces with peripheral edge beads each forming a set of axially projecting teeth alternating with gaps of like width, the teeth of each half fitting ... | 02/17/1976 |
