Oral appliance device

An oral appliance device for use within a human mouth, the human mouth including a tongue, the oral appliance device comprising:

• an appliance member that selectively engages teeth within the human mouth, the appliance member including (i) a positioner receiver, (ii) an occlusal surface, (iii) a lingual surface, and (iv) a midline, the positioner receiver including a receiver extension that is configured to extend away from the lingual surface;
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• a first tongue positioner that is removably and directly secured to the lingual surface, the first tongue positioner having a length and a width that is different than the length, the first tongue positioner including an appliance engager, the first tongue positioner being configured to position the tongue more anteriorly within the human mouth;
• wherein the positioner receiver is configured to removably receive and retain the appliance engager so that at least a majority of the first tongue positioner extends toward the midline of the appliance member when the appliance engager is received by the positioner receiver;
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• wherein the appliance engager includes a slot that slidably engages the receiver extension so that the first tongue positioner is removably coupled to the appliance member, the positioner receiver including a locking mechanism, the appliance engager including an engager extension that is configured to be positioned within the slot so that the engager extension selectively engages the locking mechanism.

An oral appliance device for use within a human mouth, the human mouth including a tongue, the oral appliance device comprising:

• an appliance member that selectively engages teeth within the human mouth, the appliance member including a lingual surface;
• a first tongue positioner that is configured to position the tongue more anteriorly within the human mouth, the first tongue positioner being removably and directly secured to the lingual surface;
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• a first positioner receiver that is configured to receive the first tongue positioner, the first positioner receiver including a first receiver extension that is couplable to the lingual surface, the first positioner receiver being configured to retain the first tongue positioner, the first tongue positioner including a first appliance engager that engages the first positioner receiver so that the first positioner receiver retains the first tongue positioner, the first appliance engager including a slot that slidably engages the first receiver extension so that the first tongue positioner is removably coupled to the appliance member, the first positioner receiver including a locking mechanism, the first appliance engager including an engager extension that is configured to be positioned within the slot so that the engager extension selectively engages the locking mechanism.