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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 |
| 4070712 | Clear window for protective helmets A clear window shield for protective helmets, especially for the users of motor vehicles, whereby the window shield is detachably connected with the protective helmet and is made of laminated glass, which extends over the entire field of vision of the win... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070713 | Medical glove and method A medical glove adapted to tightly conform to a wearer's skin and to be donned without the use of additional lubricants is formed with an outer layer of elastomeric material, an inner layer of elastomeric material bonded to the outer layer and particulate... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070714 | Sewerless recirculating toilet and human waste storage system A sewerless recirculating toilet and human waste storage system wherein human waste products and a flushing fluid of a specific gravity less than water are received from a commode, the waste products are separated from the flushing fluid, the separated wa... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070715 | Combination bed and desk Combination bed and desk furniture is disclosed in which a bed frame and desk are mounted on a base for conjoint movement between raised and lowered positions. In the raised position the bed frame is pivoted upright where its bedding is concealed from vie... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070716 | Foldable playpen A foldable playpen having two end portions and two side portions which are interconnected to form a substantially square frame, and a flexible skirt forming a wall thereabout, where the two end portions are pivotable in a downward direction toward a cente... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070717 | Bed frame A bed carrying frame comprising a pair of generally parallel side rail members, of hollow rectangular shape, a pair of end rail units, each of which consists of two relatively telescoped end rail members which are also of hollow rectangular shape, and cor... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070718 | Box spring retainer A bed frame of the type having a pair of side rails interconnected by one or more crossbars to provide a support for a box spring, and in which adjustable box spring locating and retaining clips are provided on the side rails to permit the sides of the bo... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070719 | Cushioning element An improved cushioning element is provided which is prepared from a synthetic resinous cellular resilient body. A plurality of intersecting grooves are formed in the surface of the cushioning element thereby providing a body-supporting surface of a plural... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070720 | Dual purpose home medical bed A new and useful therapeutic bed frame is disclosed wherein at least one-half of a standard size bed or larger may be elevated for use and returned to level position when not in use.... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070721 | Safety attachment for invalid lift and transport apparatus The flexible patient supporting sling of an invalid lift and transport device is equipped with a safety strap attachment having a separable buckle. A lower section of the safety strap attachment is permanently stitched to the sling near the forward edge o... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070722 | Hunting blind boat cover A hunting blind in the form of a covered superstructure adapted to seat upon the gunwales of a boat hull and having a top wall including an elongated central head opening covered by an elongated, elevated roof structure having a hatch opening and a hatch ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070723 | Method and arrangement for controlling the feeding of rods to a work tool in automatic screw machines and the like A method for automatically controlling the operation of a rod-working apparatus of the type including a rod-feeding unit which feeds towards a cyclically operating work tool a certain length of rod per work cycle of the tool. There are selected a minimum ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070724 | Apparatus for making self-locking internally threaded fasteners with ring-like locking elements A self-locking internally threaded fastener in which the self-locking characteristic is derived from a ring-like plastic patch having a circumferential extent of greater than 180° adhered to the thread-defining surface of the fastener. A method for makin... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070726 | Devices for cleaning, dusting, mopping or applying fluids to floors Devices are disclosed for cleaning, dusting, mopping or applying fluids to floors. A unique feature is the provision of means which enables a handle to be attached to the device while, at the same time, wedgingly securing portions of a cloth or mop to the... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070727 | Device for automatic door closing A device for automatic closing of a door includes a plate spring of predetermined length, having an arcuate cross-section and a center section. The spring is bent about the center section at an angle deviating slightly from a straight line. The door may b... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070728 | Vertically adjustable door hinge assembly A vertically adjustable lower hinge assembly for a center-hung door, such as for use on a refrigerator or freezer. The lower hinge assembly is adjustably fastened to the door frame. Beneath the lower hinge assembly is an adjustable support member in the f... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070729 | Closure for shirred casing sticks A hollow shirred casing stick is provided having the terminal pleats of one end thereof twisted into a funnel-like configuration at least a portion of which is implanted within said hollow stick to form an end closure. An end closure may be formed in a sh... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070730 | Production of chopped fibers An improvement in the production of chopped fibers is provided. Long fibers, commmonly in the form of roving, are fed through a chopper assembly comprising a cutter wheel having a plurality of outwardly-extending blades and a back-up roll having a soft cy... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070731 | Method of and apparatus for packaging a linear fibrous element Apparatus for and method of packaging a linear fibrous element in a rotated perforated cannister by withdrawing air from the cannister through its bottom wall to move air through the package during package formation to prevent freedom of movement to the e... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070732 | Textile fibre control system in a drawing device The control system is constituted by a succession of elongate parallel control elements, made of elastomer, which extend in directions transverse to the direction of the path of the fibres to be controlled and which each have a work face and an opposite f... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070733 | Pre-notched tieing wires A bale tie wire for use in conjunction with press platens in a baling press for baling material includes loop members formed at each end of the tie wire with a portion of each loop member bent out of the plane of each respective loop in opposite direction... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070734 | Locking means for baling wire A locking means secures together opposite ends of a baling wire for securing bales of compressed material. Predetermined lengths of baling wire are dispensed and wrapped around a bale and secured by a locking means comprising a metal clip having a raised ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070735 | Shower curtain fastener A shower curtain fastener with a short flexible strip formed with integral suction cups on one face and ridges and depressions on an opposite face. The ridges and depressions define an expanded surface area to which an adhesive layer is applied. A cover s... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070736 | Fastening device A quick-release paper fastener of polypropylene-ethylene copolymer for stacks of two holed sheets and comprising a tongued base member and a compressor which has resilient hooks provided with transverse V-shaped ribs on the undersurface which co-operates ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070737 | Adjustable bed mechanism for a casket A mechanism for raising, lowering and tilting a casket bed. The mechanism includes and upstanding threaded rod mounted in a casket for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A bracket is attached to the threaded rod for vertical movement along the rod upon... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070738 | Felting apparatus A felting apparatus having an upper and a lower row of driven rollers and including compression beams intermediate any two adjacent rollers in each row whereby the compression beams in one row may be disposed opposite corresponding compression beams or op... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070739 | Manufacture of metal strip Metal strip is peeled from a rotating cylindrical workpiece whose longitudinal axis is greater than the desired strip width by feeding a first cutting tool into the peripheral surface of the workpiece as it rotates so as to form a groove in the surface wh... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070740 | Continuous production hot-setting installation A processing or heat-treatment installation for articles which are suitable for continuous automatic assembly, characterized in that it comprises a high-frequency inductor in the form of a conductor having at least one sector of low curvature (large radiu... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070741 | Method of making an electret acoustic transducer In the method of construction disclosed herein, posts for supporting the condenser transducer diaphragm in relation to a backplate are formed on the diaphragm film itself by selectively etching away a photoresist material laminated to the film. The electr... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070742 | Motorized rolling pin A hand-held motorized rolling pin for sheeting dough and other similarly pliable materials. In one embodiment, the motor and the motor controls are situated inside of a handle which is detachable with respect to a cylindrical roller member. A second handl... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070743 | Apparatus for mounting tension coil spring onto article An apparatus for mounting or fitting a tension coil spring onto spring retaining members of an article, said apparatus being adapted to restrain said spring at its both hook ends so that it may be stretched as it is conveyed from a supplying position to a... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070744 | Washer aligning and placing tool A hand tool particularly adapted for the rapid and efficient assembly of ge numbers of annular devices such as solder washers onto a plurality of uniformally spaced pins. The invention allows for the vertical stacking of one or more washers onto each pin... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070745 | Crimping tool A crimping tool, for crimping eyelets or deforming hollow, male rivet fasteners, having a plier-like configuration. Opposed jaws with handles and linkage for movement of the jaws towards and away from each other is provided whereby a metal fastener is def... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070746 | Method for covering an article with a recoverable sleeve A recoverable tubular article comprising an elastomeric sleeve held in a radially expanded or extended condition and capable of recovering to its pre-expanded condition of smaller diameter upon the removal of an outer restraint, an outer restraint, essent... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070747 | Anode and cathode lead wire assembly for solid electrolytic capacitors A lead wire assembly is provided which permits soldering connections and welding connections to be made to the anode and cathode of a solid electrolytic capacitor body while applying force in a single direction to the lead wire assembly during soldering a... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070748 | Integrated circuit structure having semiconductor resistance regions A semiconductor integrated circuit which is reduced in size by having active and/or passive elements in an epitaxial layer having a [100] crystallographic surface, and having anisotropically etched regions with sloped [111] crystallographic surface walls ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070749 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal display devices A pair of insulating substrates are maintained at a definite spacing, at least one of the substrates being transparent and provided with transparent electrode, the periphery of the substrates is sealed except a liquid crystal inlet opening to form a cell,... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070750 | Tieless bracing and method for supporting end turns of a dynamoelectric machine A tieless bracing arrangement is provided for rigidly supporting the winding end turns of a dynamoelectric machine in relatively rigid operating position. The bracing arrangement is characterized by including an expandable annulus having a spreader that i... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070751 | Method of making a coaxial connector The disclosure relates to an assembly of stamped and formed parts for a coaxial connector with RF shielding ensured by a unitary ferrule intimately surrounding open seams in the stamped and formed parts. Also the disclosure relates to a blank which may be... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4070752 | Method of making an electrical switch and chemically milled contacts A rotary electrical switch is provided of the type that includes a stator body of substantially cylindrical shape having a cylindrical opening coaxially disposed therein. The stator body includes a plurality of electrical contacts embedded in the stator b... | 01/31/1978 |
