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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 |
| 7306418 | Deforming member and captive fastener retaining method A fastener is retained within an opening of a workpiece by deforming a portion of an edge of the opening inwardly to prevent removal of the fastener. A deforming member associated with a head of the fastener includes a body having a clamping surface extending radial... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7014406 | Anti-strip-out fastener A fastener includes an axial shank and a clamping face extending radially from the shank. A plurality of serrations are formed on the clamping face and extend radially from a shank periphery to an outer periphery of the clamping face. The shank periphery is axially ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 5797581 | Apparatus for positioning and mounting fixtures An apparatus for positioning and mounting fixtures is described. At least one ring for fitted insertion into a fixture to be mounted is provided. A disc having an opening for receiving a fastening device is provided for each ring. The fastening device is ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5628599 | Anchored fastener In a first embodiment of this invention, a fastener having a flat thin body with sharp profusions thereon is anchored in a workpiece so that relative rotation is prevented between the anchored fastener and the workpiece. The sharp protrusions form anchori... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5232056 | Agricultural drawbar and self-locking bushing therefor A drawbar assembly includes a self-locking bushing which is supported from the drawbar mounting bracket by a conventional nut and bolt fastener. Each end of the bushing includes radial line projections which bite into the mounting bracket and into a washe... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5011351 | Wedge lock die washer A lock washer, a locking fastener assembly, and a method of providing a secure, inexpensive fastener joint. The lock washer has a convexly conical upper surface including circumferentially spaced cam surfaces separated by radial shoulders and a concavely ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4134438 | Locking device for threaded fasteners A locking device adapted for use with a bolt-and-nut type fastener, wherein the locking device comprises two annular washers (or one annular washer) and the under surface of a bolt head, the annular washers being formed with a cam face and a toothed face.... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4103725 | Conical spring washer A conical spring washer is constituted by a conical spring washer body, a plurality of spaced lock pawls extending downward from the lower contacting surface of the body, and each of the lock pawls has a gradually sloped face in the tightening direction o... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4091853 | Screw-locking device A screw-locking device has a stamped cup spring with a solid annular core having closely spaced triangular radial ribs top and bottom. The distance from the peaks of the ribs from the center plane of the core continually decreases from the outer rim of th... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4060301 | Electrical connector for transmission line insulators An electrically conductive clip is disclosed herein which provides an electrical path between the metal components of transmission line insulators. The clip is a U-shaped, resilient, electrically-conductive member having two arms which form an inner passa... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4020731 | Method of securing hair to a musical instrument bow A frog for a musical instrument bow for clamping the hair of the bow, such that the hair can be clamped to the frog prior to being cut to the proper length, and with the hair being cut while clamped, either before or after the frog is adjusted lengthwise ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3976307 | Means for preventing the detachment of the front wheel from a bicycle To prevent the detachment of the front wheel of a bicycle from the front fork formed of a pair of laterally spaced fork arms each having a free end with an open ended slot arranged to receive the hub spindle of the front wheel which is secured to the fron... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3960048 | Fastener assembly for creating accurate tension indicating fastener and method of calibrating the same A fastener assembly for use in producing an accurate tension indicating fastener unit of the type including a rotary fastener member, a conical-like spring washer preassembled thereto and gauge member preassembled between the bearing surface of the fasten... | 06/01/1976 |
