Oral Appliance
AssigneeSleeping Well LLC
InventorDaniel Webster
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Abstract
An oral appliance that is placed in a user's mouth. An upper tray is designed to engage with a user's maxillary teeth, and a lower tray is designed to engage with a user's mandibular teeth. Thermal impression material may be designed into at least one of the trays to engage the upper and lower dentition. Two side straps mechanisms are designed to connect the upper and lower trays, and may provide forward positioning of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw. A ramped lingual shelf may be included on the inside portion of the lower tray, to position a user's tongue forward and upward. The upper tray has an open section in its anterior portion which provides additional space for a forward-positioned tongue. Upper and lower trays may be constructed out of rigid polypropylene or similar materials.
Claims15
An oral appliance, comprising:
- an upper tray with a first upper section, a second upper section, a first upper inner wall, a second upper inner wall, an upper outer wall;
- an anterior bridge connecting the first upper section to the second upper section, creating an open section between the first upper section and the second upper section;
- a lower tray with a first lower section, a second lower section, a first lower inner wall, a second lower inner wall, a first lower outer wall, a second lower outer wall;
- a lower bridge connecting the first lower section to the second lower section;
- a first upper post located the first upper section;
- a second upper post located on the second upper section;
- a first lower post located on the first lower section;
- a second lower post located on the second lower section;
- a first side strap removably connecting the first upper post to the first lower post;
- and a second side strap removably connecting the second upper post to the second lower post, the first and second side straps a paired set identical in length to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.