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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 |
| 7424780 | Device for cutting sanitary containers, in particular sacks, bags, and/or pouches for stomas A device for cutting sanitary containers, in particular sacks, bags, and/or pouches for stomas, includes a structure (2) provided with a housing portion (3). The housing portion (2) has a cutting plate (4, 10) whereon is set down a contai... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7257903 | Leveling rod with stencil A leveling rod and a method of surveying utilizing the disclosed leveling rod are disclosed. The leveling rod comprises an elongated shaft and at least one tape with measurement graduations affixed longitudinally to the elongated shaft. The leveling rod also compris... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254855 | Multi-purpose hand tool and scribing apparatus utilizing multi-purpose hand tool A multi-purpose hand tool has a first member having a first portion and a second portion. A second portion member is slidably and pivotally coupled to the second portion of the first member. A coupling assembly pivotally couples the second member to the second porti... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246446 | Adjustable guide rail for hand tools A method and apparatus are provided for constructing and operating an adjustable guide rail for hand tools, by attaching an elongated blade to a guide with a locking ratcheting apparatus. The locking ratcheting apparatus is thumb-operable. The elongated blade includ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231722 | Lay out line A chalk line apparatus for marking regularly spaced locations. The apparatus comprises a casing for powdered chalk containing a rotatable reel, a wire rope wound on said reel, and an exit opening for the wire rope at one end of the holder. The wire rope is coated wi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7174645 | Method for designing of aproximate elliptical structure and the same A method for designing an elliptical structure with an outline of an approximate elliptic curve, which is generated by connecting circular segments to one another, and an elliptical structure created on said method. A first fixed point is established outside the ell... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7080459 | Thread ruler and a multi-function drafting instrument The Thread Ruler and Multi-Function Drafting Instrument is a single instrument designed to draw circles, ellipses and parallel lines, and which includes features that allow the instrument to function as protractor, a ruler and a drawing compass. The instrument has a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6983545 | Compass and compass-cutter with ratchet mechanism A manipulator of a compass for drawing a circle or a compass-cutter for cutting an object in circular configuration is provided with a mechanism for transmitting the force from the user's hand only in one direction. With such the construction, a user can smoothly dr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6981328 | Compass and ellipsograph for persons with manual limitations A safe, stable compass for making circles and ellipses, having a stable rotating platform with a variably adjustable arm that allows the device to be self-supporting upon a surface and to be easily rotated in any one of a variety of directions around a single rotati... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6964103 | Retractable point compass There is provided a compass assembly that includes a first member pivotally connected to a second member at a common end. The first member has an anchor point opposite the common end, and the second member retains a marking device opposite the common end. The compas... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6912799 | Marking and scoring guide A guide for assisting in marking a measurement and/or scoring a sheet of drywall, paneling or other planar building material has a bore for receiving a pencil or other marker and has a slot for receiving a scoring blade therethrough. The guide may have a support for... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6892469 | Marking mechanism for a tape measure and tape measure incorporating same A measurement marking mechanism that can be coupled to a tape measure includes a case and a marker. The marker is coupled to the case and is moveable. When the case is coupled to the tape measure, the marker is moveable relative to the tape measure in a direction th... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6889440 | Compass and compass-cutter with ratchet mechanism A manipulator of a compass for drawing a circle or a compass-cutter for cutting an object in circular configuration is provided with a mechanism for transmitting the force from the user's hand only in one direction. With such the construction, a user can smoothly dr... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6796211 | Circle cutting machine A circle cutting machine includes a template that is removeably installed in the bottom of a base. On the base bottom surface are a number of segments that define respective grooves for receiving the template. The base has a cross-beam that defines an axis of rotati... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6405444 | Apparatus for drawing boundary lines on a play surface A hollow handle portion and a hollow barrel portion communicate with each other in a hollow housing. A first detent in the barrel portion has a first relationship for retaining a chalk in the barrel portion and a second relationship for releasing the chal... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6286216 | Tool for making circular cuts A hand tool for forming circular cutouts of sheet material secures the material so that no generally central penetration in the form of a pilot hole or the like, is required. The resulting cutout is useful in the construction of an article assembled from ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5979066 | Compass The compass according to the invention comprises a compass top and two compass legs (1,2) mounted rotatably in the compass top, the compass top comprising two top-halves (3,4). Provided in each compass-top half is a bearing pivot (19) for respectively bea... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5894671 | Compass with angle trisecting capability A new geometric instrument-compass for a practical use that allows the trisection of an arbitrary angle as well as retains its effective functionality for operations that can be performed by the conventional compass is disclosed. The design proposed makes... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5784791 | Adjustable compass A compass having a pivot portion with an open faced clamp and a utensil portion with an open faced clamp, so that the portions can be clamped onto intermediate bars of varying shapes and sizes. The utensil holder is also angularly adjustable with respect ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5596809 | Circle cutter for drywall with measure guide The present invention provides for circle cutters to cut drywall. The circle cutters include a removable pivoting member, a beam and a cutting member. The beam has a groove with teeth in the bottom as well as a slot. The pivoting member includes a surface... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5542185 | Device for describing arcs The present invention is directed to a device for describing arcs. The device includes a pair of legs connected at a pivot joint. A shoe is disposed at the end of one leg to support the device and maintain the center point of the arc while the device is u... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5014436 | Circle cutting system Apparatus for manually cutting circles from glass utilizes a center support structure, in combination with a rule having a distance scale thereon, and a cutting head adjustably mounted on the rule. Reversal of the position of the cutting head on the suppo... | 05/14/1991 |
