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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 |
| 7125026 | Cam-bolt assembly A cam bolt assembly for using in a vehicle's suspension system to adjust the vehicle's wheel alignment having a threaded fastener defining a pair of longitudinal channels, a first cam plate is coupled to the threaded bolt, a second cam plate defining an aperture is ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6976818 | Threaded fastener particularly suited for plastics A male threaded fastener particularly suited for use in plastics has a high thread and a low thread. Depressions are provided in the pressure flank of the high thread. Dimensional relationships are defined for scaling the fastener to commonly accepted sizes. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974289 | Pressure flank screw and fastening system therewith A male threaded fastening member is provided with depressions in at least one or several helix wraps of the thread adjacent the head, the depressions extending inwardly from an edge of the thread at least part way toward a shank of the male fastening member. In a fa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 5743690 | Self-locking tubular fastener and fastener system A threaded self-locking fastener, having a hollow body open at both ends and an elongated central through bore with a slot extending the length of the hollow body. Version 1 has sharp edges on the slot that dig into the bore of the work piece to prevent r... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5482417 | Cam and wedge-type self-locking mechanism The present invention entails a self-locking mechanism (10) for locking a rotatable member such as a screw, bolt, lock rod, etc. In the case of a lock rod (50) that secures a tool holder (126) within a tool block (122), the self-locking mechanism (10) of ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5228818 | Fastener system for male and female threaded members A fastener system is providing having a male threaded member and a female threaded member with arrangements for achieving a locking connection between the parts to prevent relative rotation of the parts due to vibration. In an embodiment of the invention,... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5186591 | Temporary support pin An improved temporary support pin which may be pushed into place rather than screwed into place and used with either English or metric threads. Resilient arms protruding from the support pin are depressed when a workpiece is pushed over them, and spring b... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5169270 | Compressible screw-type locking mechanism The present invention relates to a compressible screw-type locking mechanism including an oversized locking screw and a tool for compressing and rotatively driving the oversized locking screw through a threaded bore. Formed about the top of the locking sc... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4822225 | Screw for easily engaging the internal thread of a tapped hole The screwed shank (2) of a screw (1) is divided into two halves (4, 5) by a slot (3) running centrally in longitudinal direction and two chamfers (7) running vertically to the slot (3) are provided on both long sides of the screwed shank (2). The screwed ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4475858 | Threaded member having resilient insert An adjustable threaded member for repeated adjustment to selected position in which a nylon insert acts against complementary threads to frictionally resist rotation of the threaded members. The nylon insert is in a recess, at least one outer end of which... | 10/09/1984 |
