Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-snoring device
- Patent Title (中): 防打鼾装置
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Application No.: US12973088Application Date: 2010-12-20
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Publication No.: US08640705B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Hans-Peter Kopp
- Applicant: Hans-Peter Kopp
- Applicant Address: DE Pfalzgrafenweiler
- Assignee: Erkodent Erich Kopp GmbH
- Current Assignee: Erkodent Erich Kopp GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Pfalzgrafenweiler
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: DE102010046369 20100924
- Main IPC: A61F5/56
- IPC: A61F5/56 ; A61C5/14

Abstract:
An intraoral anti-snoring device, for shifting the lower jaw forward in relation to the upper jaw, with an upper jaw bar and a lower jaw bar that are both U-shaped and are connected to each other in a hinge joint at their outer flanks facing away from each other via protrusion ties by means of fixing buttons. At each of the two end sections of the protrusion tie, a round hole is provided for accepting the fixing button. The invention proposes a curved design for the protrusion tie, specifically an S-shaped design, with the center section having a cross-sectional contour—at least in part—that permits a temporary change of the distance of the round holes relative to each other by means of an elastic deformation of the protrusion tie in the longitudinal and in transverse direction. Preferably, the center section has an elongated hole that extends from one round hole to the other round hole and has a width that is smaller than or equal to the diameter of the round hole. Due to the resulting longitudinal edge strips that are capable of spring action, the fixing button is able to avoid excessive pressure by moving into the elongated hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120073582A1 ANTI-SNORING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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