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US 5,488,947 AGranted
Sleep aid device
OwnerHenry Frankelinventor
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Abstract
A sleep aid device comprises a mouthpiece assembly with bit elements extending therefrom. An air assembly extends from the mouthpiece assembly and includes a humidification chamber therein. The humidification chamber comprises a plurality of cones therein for collecting moisture thereon and transfer to air streams passing therethrough. The humidified air diminishes parchment of the lips and throat. The bit elements preclude mouth closure during sleep so as to preclude the sensation of suffocation experienced upon mouth closure and also allows for user swallowing without the resulting discomfort to damaged nasal passages.
Claims16
An inhalation aid device comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising:
- a plate having a surface adapted to lie adjacent a front surface of upper and lower dental arches of a wearer;
- a poet extending from each of first and second lateral ends of said plate surface, said posts displacing the upper and lower dental arches of the wearer;
- a central aperture in said plate;
- an air treatment assembly extending from a surface of said plate and comprising:
- a housing having a first chamber at a first housing end, said first chamber in communication with said central aperture;
- a port at a free second end of said housing, said port longitudinally displaced from said first housing end and generally in line with said central aperture;
- a first channel within said housing, said first channel having a first end in communication with said first chamber and a second end presenting said port and generally in line with said central aperture and said port;
- a plurality of protuberances extending from an interior surface of said first channel, each protuberance presenting a free end adjacent an imaginary central axis longitudinally passing through said first channel, said protuberances spaced along a length of said first channel for, collecting moisture thereon from exhaled air of a wearer passing through said channel for transfer to inhaled air drawn through said port and said channel, the inhaled air discharged through said plate central aperture and between the displaced dental arches.
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An inhalation aid device comprising:
- a mouthpiece having an aperture in communication with an oral cavity of a wearer;
- an air treatment assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first chamber in communication with said mouthpiece aperture;
- a single unvalved port for air intake and discharge at a free end of said housing which freely communicates with said aperture;
- a channel extending between said first chamber and said port for providing an air flow path between said mouthpiece aperture and said port;
- a plurality of protuberances extending from a surface forming said channel and across said flow path, said protuberances presenting a free end for collecting moisture thereon from air exhaled by a wearer through said mouthpiece aperture and through said channel, the moisture available for transfer to inhaled air drawn through said port and into said channel, said air drawn through said first chamber and said mouthpiece aperture.
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An inhalation aid device comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising:
- a plate having a surface adapted to lie adjacent a front surface of upper and lower dental arches of a wearer;
- means extending from first and second lateral ends of said plate surface for displacing the upper and lower dental arches of the wearer;
- a central aperture in said plate for passage of inhaled and exhaled air therethrough,
- an air treatment housing extending from a surface of said plate and comprising:
- a first channel having a single unvalved port for air intake and discharge at an open distal end in communication with an outside ambient air and a proximal end in communication with said central aperture, said first channel freely communicating said port with said central aperture for presenting an air flow path between a wearer and the ambient air;
- a plurality of spaced-apart protuberances extending from a surface forming said first channel and across said air flow path whereby upon a wearer inhalation the ambient air is drawn through said air flow path for discharge through said mouthpiece aperture behind the displaced upper and lower dental arches and upon exhalation air is exhaled from a wearer in an opposed direction through said air flow path, the exhaled air depositing moisture on said protuberances.
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