Hydrating Mouthguard
OwnerTodd Peayinventor
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Abstract
A hydrating mouthguard is disclosed. The mouthguard has a mouthpiece and a housing that holds a container or reservoir. The container can be removed from the housing, refilled with a hydrating fluid, and reused. The mouthpiece has an internal channel that fluidly couples the interior space of the housing with the exterior of the mouthpiece. The mouthguard also includes a tube. One end of the tube is removably inserted into the container. An annular flange on the exterior of the tube fluidly seals with the opening on the container. The other end of the tube is removably inserted into the channel of the mouthpiece. The tip of the tube has a valve that opens to dispense the hydrating fluid when squeezed.
Claims20
A mouthguard comprising:
- a mouthpiece sized and dimensioned to fit within the user's mouth;
- a housing coupled to a front of the mouthpiece such that the housing is positioned outside the user's mouth while the mouthpiece is within the user's mouth;
- a channel that extends through the housing and the mouthpiece;
- a container sized and dimensioned to removably couple with the housing;
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- a tube having a first end portion sized and dimensioned to removably extend through the channel and a second end portion sized and dimensioned to removable fit inside an opening of the container.
A tube for a mouthguard comprising:
- a first end portion that removably couples with a channel of the mouthguard;
- a second end portion that removable couples with a container;
- an annular flange disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion;
- a reduced outer diameter section disposed adjacent to the annular flange on the second end portion, and a shoulder disposed adjacent to the reduced outer diameter section on the second end portion and opposite to the annular flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.