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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 |
| 5278253 | Preparation of ABS molding materials A process for the continuous preparation of ABS polymers by free-radical-initiated polymerization of, in particular, styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of polybutadiene, in the presence or absence of a solvent, in a reactor cascade comprising at le... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5272214 | Radial and branched block copolymers, compositions which contain them, their preparation and their use in bituminous compositions Radial and branched block copolymers show a structure: ##STR1## wherein: Z is a radical deriving from a tetrafunctional coupling agent; A is a polystyrene block; B is a polybutadiene block m, n, p, q are either 1 or zero, with the condition that their sum is ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5268427 | Solid block and random elastomeric copolymers There is disclosed a linear block copolymer comprising at least one triblock I-B-I, wherein I is a block of a polymerized conjugated diene of at least 5 carbon atoms, such as isoprene, and B is a block of a polymer of a conjugated diene, different from th... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5252668 | One-pack chloroprene adhesive One-pack chloroprene adhesive having excellent adhesion and excellent heat resistance, particularly excellent heat aging resistance, which comprises a chloroprene rubber modified with an aminosilane, a petroleum resin as a tackifier resin and an organic s... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5234604 | Water soluble block copolymers and methods of use therof A composition and method of use thereof for the treatment of wastewater comprising a block copolymer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein E is a polymeric segment obtained from the polymerization of hydrophobic monomers, x when present is a nonionic ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5231142 | Rubber-modified styrene-based resin composition A rubber-modified styrene-based resin composition comprising (A) 70 to 92% by weight of a styrene-based polymer and 30 to 8% by weight of a rubbery polymer wherein the rubbery polymer is dispersed in the styrene-based polymer in the form of particles havi... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5229456 | Graft copolymers and blends thereof with polyolefins A novel graft copolymer capable of imparting to a polyolefin when blended therewith high tensile modulus and high sag resistance without increasing melt viscosity, and a method of making the same. The graft copolymer is a polyolefin having a relatively hi... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5227432 | Branched acrylate copolymer with polymerizable double bonds and methods for the production of the acrylate copolymer The invention relates to acrylate copolymers with free double bonds, which are obtainable by copolymerization of a) 3 to 30% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers with at least two polymerizable double bonds, b) 5 to 60% by weight of monomers with a ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5227457 | Rigid-rod polymers High-performance polymers having a rigid-rod backbone comprising a chain length of at least 25 organic monomer units joined together by covalent bonds wherein at least about 95% of the bonds are substantially parallel; and solubilizing organic groups atta... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5225494 | Graft copolymer resin composition A graft copolymer resin composition having improved impact resistance, particularly at low temperature, obtained by emulsion-polymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer, optionally together with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5225493 | Anionic polymerization process A process for anionic polymerization of polymerizable monomers with an organo lithium initiator followed by polymerization termination characterized in that terminated reaction products are neutralized by contacting with sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5219947 | Binder resin for a toner for developing electrostatic images, and process for production thereof A toner for developing electrostatic latent images with a good combination of fixability, anti-offset characteristic, anti-sticking characteristic and pulverizability is provided as a composition comprising a colorant or magnetic material and a binder res... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5216077 | Rubber-modified phenolic resin composition and method of manufacturing the same A rubber-modified phenolic resin composition contains a novolak-type phenolic resin in which at least one modifying agent selected from the group consisting of an ABS resin and an MBS resin is homogeneously dispersed. The composition has good impact resis... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5216076 | Low gloss agents, process for production thereof, low gloss thermoplastic resin compositions, and molded articles A grafted copolymer containing low cis-polybutadiene having a Mooney viscosity of 30 to 40 as a rubber component, and 30% by volume or more of particles of said rubber component becoming non-spherical rubber particles when molded into a molded article, is... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5216074 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 99-1 parts by weight of (i) a hydrogenated diene polymer which is a hydrogenation product of a straight or branched chain block copolymer consisting of (C) a polybutadiene block segment having a 1,2-vinyl c... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5212251 | Alkali-resistant core-shell polymers Alkali-resistant core-shell polymers having an acid-insoluble core and an acid-soluble shell are prepared by sequential emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture having acid-ionizable functionality such that the resulting polymer has an acid-insoluble ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5211854 | Water soluble graft copolymers and methods of use thereof A water soluble graft copolymer useful for dewatering wastewater having the structure: ##STR1## wherein E is the repeat unit obtained after polymerization of an ,ଲ ethylenically unsaturated compound the molar percentage of a:b is fr... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5212238 | Toughened compositions of polyamide and functionalized rubber block or graft copolymers A thermoplastic multiphase composition is provided which is a melt blend of a functionalized block or graft copolymer and a polyamide. The blend is made from polymers. That is, an elastomeric polymer is blended with a reactive polymer having a functionali... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210132 | Continuous process for preparing rubber modified high impact resin A process for preparing rubber modified high impact resins by dissolving a rubbery polymer in a monomer containing an aromatic vinyl monomer or a mixture of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer followed by polymerizing the monomer, the tw... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210143 | Condensed phase polymers The present invention relates to elastomeric copolymers and block copolymers, e.g., based upon styrene/isoprene, having a novel condensed phase structure wherein polymer branches occur along the polymer backbone, either at a predetermined location or at r... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210359 | Vulcanizable liquid compositions There is disclosed a linear block copolymer comprising at least one triblock I-B-I, wherein I is a block of at least one polymerized conjugated diene of at least five (5) carbon atoms, such as isoprene, and B is a block of a polymer of at least one conjug... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210153 | Thermoplastic elastomers having alternate crystalline structure for us as high energy binders Novel block polymers which are thermoplastic elastomers which are thermoplastic elastomers are provided for use as binders in high-energy compositions such as propellants, explosives, gasifiers or the like. The block polymers have an ABA structure wherein... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210146 | Multifunctional viscosity index improver derived from polyamine containing one primary amino group and at least one secondary amino group exhibiting improved low temperature viscometric properties Composition of matter useful as a multifunctional viscosity index improver for lubricating oils comprising reaction product of: (i) (a) copolymer of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer, said copolymer comprising intramolecularly heterogeneous ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5206303 | Entanglement-inhibited macromolecules A grafted and/or functionalized macromolecule comprises entanglement-inhibited architecture wherein the polymer exhibits reduced melt viscosity. In one embodiment, the macromolecule comprises a polymer of an isoolefin having about 4 to about 7 carbon atom... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206300 | Functionalized elastomeric polymers Selectively hydrogenated block polymers of an alkenyl aromatic compound and a conjugated alkadiene are functionalized by the presence of a plurality of carbamoyl substituents on aromatic rings in the aromatic portion of the polymer. Such carbamoyl-functio... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206301 | Hydrogenated block copolymer and composition comprising the same A hydrogenated block copolymer having a number-average molecular weight of 40,000-700,000, obtained by hydrogenating at least 80% of the olefinic bonds of a block copolymer having in the molecule at least one each of a polymer block A composed of 90% by weight... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206299 | Core-shell polymer, resin composition and molded articles thereof There is disclosed a core-shell polymer which comprises: (a) a core comprising an elastomeric polymer having a glass transition temperature of not more than -30° C. in an amount of 50-90% by weight; (b) an intermediate layer comprising a polymer having a glas... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206302 | Styrene-based resin composition The rubber-modified styrene-based resin composition, which is a composite of a styrene-based resin as a continuum of the matrix phase and a diene-based rubbery polymer as a dispersed particulate phase in the matrix, is characterized by the parameters incl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5206298 | Graft copolymer, solution containing the graft copolymer for treating contact lens, and method of treating contact lens with the solution and making hydrophilic lens surface A graft copolymer produced by polymerizing 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, or monomer mixture containing the monomer, by using initiator produced by copolymerizing (A) N-vinyllactam or styrene and (B) peroxy-fumarate or combination of the peroxy-fumarate and... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5204413 | Process fro producing resin for a toner A process for producing a toner resin by a two-step suspension polymerization process, which entails preparing a polymer of high molecular weight having a weight average molecular weight of greater than about 350,000 from at least one monomer having a pol... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5202394 | Graft polymers with a polyurethane graft base, processes for their preparation and their use Graft polymers in which carboxylic acid vinyl esters and if appropriate other ethylenically unsaturated monomers are grafted polymerically onto polyurethane graft bases by means of grafting polymerization initiated by free radicals, and hydrolysis product... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5202380 | Polyolefin compositions with improved impact strength The addition of a polyolefin-acrylic graft copolymer to blends of polyolefin and core-shell polymers improves compatibility and allows core-shell polymers to be used as processing and performance modifiers polyolefins. Generally the compatibilizing additi... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5198500 | Process for preparing crosslinked resin particles Disclosed is an improved process of the post-emulsion method capable of forming crosslinked resin particles which do not have fusion bonds between particles and which have good storage stability and good redispersibility in an aqueous medium. The process ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5198504 | Thermoplastic elastomers comprising vinyl halide grafted to crosslinked acrylic latexes Thermoplastic elastomer resins are described which comprise vinyl halide grafted to crosslinked acrylic latex particles comprising predominantly acrylate-containing, crosslinked polymer chains derived from (A) at least one acrylate monomer of the formula CH | 03/30/1993 |
| 5196484 | Polymeric ion conductors ABA triblock polymers, the A block being rigid having a transition away from its rigid phase above 70° C., the B block being wholly or partly ion-coordinating, elastomeric or amorphous, the B/A block length ratio being greater than 1. When the B block is... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5194491 | Process for producing rubber-modified styrene resin, and resin composition The invention relates to an improved process for producing a rubber-modified styrene resin, and a rubber-modified styrene resin composition resulting therefrom, such resin having improved mechanical strength, impact resistance and high gloss, such being a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5191024 | Hydrogenated diene block copolymer and composition comprising the same A hydrogenated diene block copolymer having a polystyrene-reduced number-average molecular weight of 50,000-600,000 which is a hydrogenation product of an (A)--(B) block copolymer in which (A) means an alkenyl aromatic compound polymer block and (B) means... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5191023 | Block-copolymerized-rubber-modified styrene copolymers The present invention relates to rubber-modified styrene copolymer that exhibits excellent rigidity, impact strength, external appearance and fluidity, while retaining rigidity, impact properties and external appearance, and when prepared by copolymerizin... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5189107 | Process for preparing polymer particles Polymer particles prepared by polymerizing polymerizable monomers by seed polymerization, with far more excellent polymerization stability than conventional seed polymerization processes, in the presence of a polymer emulsion comprising low molecular weig... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5189109 | Modified diene polymer rubbers A process for preparing modified diene polymer rubbers having an increased impact resilience and a reduced hardness at low temperatures and useful as rubber materials for automobile tires and other industries which comprises producing an alkali metal-cont... | 02/23/1993 |
