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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 |
| 7332196 | Composite comprising heat-resistant fiber and siloxane polymer The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced glass having excellent heat resistance and toughness, or a composite comprising a heat-resistant fiber and a siloxane polymer, which has a modified surface structure and is useful as a heat-resistant fiber. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314497 | Filter medium and structure Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309522 | Fibers made from block copolymer The present invention relates to compositions such as fibers, elastic yarns, wovens, nonwovens, knitted fabrics, fine nets, and articles produced at least in part from a styrenic block copolymer comprising at least two blocks produced from vinyl aromatic monomers an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309372 | Filter medium and structure Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile f... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7229938 | Heat and flame shield A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone wit... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7135096 | Press felt with improved dewatering capability A press felt for use in the press section of a papermaking machine is provided. The press felt includes a base fabric layer and at least one layer of a staple fiber batt material connected thereto. The staple fiber batt material is includes between 20% to 100% by we... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7037866 | Two-sided nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric comprises a first layer formed of staple fibers having a smooth outer surface, a second layer formed of staple fibers having an outer surface with a roughened texture and a third, spunbond layer sandwiched between the first and second layers. A bin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994763 | Elastomeric multicomponent fibers, nonwoven webs and nonwoven fabrics A bonded web of multi-component strands that include a first polymeric component and a second polymeric component is capable of overcoming a number of problems associated with nonwoven webs including both stickiness and blocking. The first polymeric component and se... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6954956 | Fire-retardant mattress A fire retardant pillow top mattress has a base which is covered by a fire barrier material. A ticking covers the fire barrier material. Sheets of these combined materials are formed into a top, a bottom and side walls for the mattress, the pillow top and the gusset... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942748 | Tear resistant elastic laminate and method of forming An elastomeric film is bonded between two or more layers of nonwoven webs formed of nonelastomeric thermoplastic fibers. The laminate has, in a predefined transverse direction, an elastic elongation value greater than the predefined elastic elongation value of the n... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6927184 | Method of producing microfiber nonwovens that contain cycloolefin polymers Microfiber webs comprising at least one cycloolefin polymer are produced by melt-blowing. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6902796 | Elastic strand bonded laminate A simplified elastic laminate is made from nonwovens and is especially suitable for side panels of training pant garments or the like. A plurality of thermoplastic adhesive elastomeric fibers are located between first and second facing webs. The fibers have an elast... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900147 | Nonwoven webs having improved necking uniformity A neckable nonwoven web is provided with a central region and two edge regions, the central region being selectively easier to neck than the two edge regions. The nonwoven fibers in the central region have a polymer composition and/or physical properties which diffe... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6874282 | Surface-shielding system for using a hazardous apparatus A system for utilizing a hazardous apparatus with a pad of fibrous fabric embedded in cement to shield a protectable surface from hazards produced by the hazardous apparatus. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6809047 | Composite non-woven ink absorber A composite non-woven needlefelt ink absorber that is particularly suited for use with an ink jet printer to absorb and disperse waste ink utilizes at least two distinct layers. The layer initially contacted by the ink is low density/course denier. The final ink rec... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800572 | Fibrous material comprising fibers made from linear isotactic polymers The present invention relates to fibrous web materials comprising polymeric material wherein the structure of the polymeric material contains elastic amorphous areas nano-scale-size reinforced with self arranged crystalline domains of nano-crystals. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6753276 | Nonwoven fabric of hydrodynamically entangled waste cotton fibers A nonwoven fabric includes a cohesively integrated web of hydrodynamically entangled short-staple or “waste cotton” fibers. A batt of waste cotton fibers is hydrodynamically needled by high-pressure streams of water. The hydrodynamic energy of the streams causes... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6444774 | Propylene polymers for fibers and fabrics This invention relates generally to fibers and fabrics prepared using crystalline propylene polymer compositions comprising both propylene homopolymer and propylene copolymer. The propylene polymer compositions are prepared using at least one metallocene ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6268302 | High strength spunbond fabric from high melt flow rate polymers A spunbond nonwoven fabric is provided which has superior strength characteristics to conventional fabrics yet is comparably soft. The fabric is a laminate having a web made from a high melt flow rate polyolefin polymer and a low melt flow rate polymer. T... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6211100 | Synthetic filter media A composite filter media (100) includes a meltblown/spunbond composite fiber material and a mixed fiber triboelectric material are preferably attached to each other by needling the mixed fiber material with the meltblown/spunbond composite fiber material.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6177370 | Fabric The present invention desirably provides a fabric including a synthetic fiber structure first zone, a synthetic fiber structure second zone, and a short fiber third zone. The first zone may include a spunbond web layer and a meltblown web layer. The synth... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6159882 | Nonwoven fibrous product Nonwoven fibrous webs having substantial strength in the direction normal to their planes and the preparation of such webs.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6133171 | Mechanically compacted non-woven material for use in the production of dimensionally stable mouldings To avoid breakage and weak points at the points of deflection in case of a large deflection angle and deep deformations a non-woven is formed of several fiber components, which forms a flexible, dimensionally stable molded article under pressure and tempe... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6087279 | Textile material for cleaning applications A textile surface-area material used for cleaning, having a non-woven material and structures raised over the non-woven material. The structures are on both sides of the surface-area material. The structures can be full-surface or partial surfaces, and th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6066388 | Process for the production of a nonwoven and nonwoven obtained by this process A nonwoven (1) comprising two outer fiber layers (3, 4) and at least one inner fiber layer (2) having a different composition from that of the outer layers (3, 4). The nonwoven (1) comprises structural fibers (7, 8) and binding fibers (5, 6), said binding... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5952252 | Fully elastic nonwoven fabric laminate There is provided a fully elastic, breathable, barrier fabric comprising a nonwoven web layer of fibers of less than 40 microns in average diameter, where the web has a hydrohead of at least 10 mbar, a Frazier Permeability of at least 100 CFM, a basis wei... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5928973 | Nonwoven needlepunch fabric and articles produced therefrom A non-woven fabric formed from a blend of lyocell fibers and polyester fibers has good loftiness and softness, low lint level, improved wet strength, good working properties as well as fluid retention properties.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5877099 | Filter matrix A web, formed from dielectric fibers and non-dielectric fibers, which has been subjected to corona discharge to improve the particulate filtration properties of the web is provided. The dielectric and non-dielectric fibers may be intermingled within the w... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5817403 | Nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric characterized in that it contains: 1) a fiber comprising a copolymer of propylene and ethylene; and 2) a fiber comprising a polypropylene homopolymer is disclosed.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5744408 | Fibrous product and method thereof with thermoplastic polymeric impregnant An improved article of manufacture and method thereof utilizing a fibrous structure of initially discrete layers, each having first and second sides. At least one side of each layer is rough and the structure has a shrinkage of no more than about 2 percen... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5733826 | Inner sole for shoes and process for its manufacture An insole for shoes is a three-dimensionally shaped laminate composed of two adhesive-free formed fabrics, the formed fabric on the foot side being thin and abrasion-resistant, and the thicker formed fabric forming the base material of the insole consisti... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5707906 | Needled non-woven fabric Method to produce a nonwoven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 15-30% of low melt nylon 6 and nylon 12 fusible fibers to aid in holding the nonwoven fabric together when passed through an oven to melt the fusible fibers and then allow th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5631073 | Nonwoven sheet materials, tapes and methods Nonwoven sheet materials, and pressure sensitive adhesive tapes formed from nonwoven sheet materials are provided. The nonwoven sheet materials comprise a randomly interlaced fibrous web of tensilized nonfracturable staple fibers and binder fibers, wherei... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5578368 | Fire-resistant material comprising a fiberfill batt and at least one fire-resistant layer of aramid fibers A fire-resistant material used in items such as sleeping bags, comforters, wearing apparel, upholstered furniture and mattress tops comprises a fiberfill batt and a layer of a fire-resistant aramid fiber contacting at least one side of the aramid fiber la... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5486412 | Flame retardant high-temperature-resistant polyimide fibers and molded articles manufactured therefrom The present disclosure describes flame-retardant, high-temperature resistant polyimide fibers, nonwovens made from said fibers, as well as the fibers and molded articles obtained after a heat treatment. A composite of such fibers is heated to a temperatur... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5436046 | Interior finishing web and method of producing the same An interior finishing web for a motor vehicle or the like comprises three fibrous layers which are put one another, needled together and subjected to a hot-molding to constitute a shaped structure of the web. The three fibrous layers are a first fibrous l... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5380582 | Recyclable bale wrap made from a thermally bonded, needlepunched, polyester nonwoven A non-woven recyclable polyester fabric suitable for use as a bale covering that is a single layer batt formed of crosslapped fiber having a structure compacted by needlepunching and calendering. A process for producing this non-woven recyclable polyester... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5216790 | Needled nonwoven fabric Method to produce a non-woven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 10-35% of low melt fusible fibers to aid in holding the non-woven fabric together when passed through and over to melt the fusible fibers and then allow to cool and bind the... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5210117 | Resin composition having biodegradability and high absorbency, nonwoven fabric made of the same and pads comprising said fabric The present invention relates to a biodegradable and high absorbent resin composition, a nonwoven fabric made of the same and pads comprising this fabric. This resin composition can be prepared by mixing sodium alginate in a predetermined ratio with a syn... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5194320 | Heat bonding textile for linings and a method of manufacturing same The invention relates to a heat-bonding textile (1) for linings and a method of manufacturing same. It comprises: a non-woven textile layer (2), a weft (3), a knitted thread (4) providing the connection between the weft (3) and the non-woven textile layer (2),... | 03/16/1993 |
