Lip protector
AssigneeJuan Jose Albert Sempere
InventorsJuan Jose Albert Sempere, Loreno Perez Calderon
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Abstract
The invention consists of a lip protector made in one piece, which has been manufactured from a relatively flexible thermoplastic material and configured as an arched body showing a protective outer surface which includes a portion of peripheral wall at the front and has a channel running under it for its full length.
Claims1
A lip protector for protection of the lower lip of a wind instrument player from contact with a lower dental arch comprising in combination, a lower dental arch covering body of a thin flexible plastic sheet material having a front peripheral wall for extending downwardly in a position for abutting a frontal region of the lower dental arch, a protective upper crown cap extending from the front peripheral wall defining a “U” shape channel for capping teeth of the lower dental arch and a rear peripheral wall extending from said crown cap downwardly in a position for abutting a rear facing region of the lower dental arch, wherein said front peripheral wall extends downward a further distance than said rear peripheral wall extends downward to thereby retain said lip protector on the lower dental arch and prevent direct contact between the crown of the teeth and the lower lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.