Patent ID: 11951030
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A mouth appliance for maintaining effective airflow in a user's airway, comprising:
a frame adapted to engage the user's teeth to retain the frame in a selected position in the user's mouth in accord with the user's natural bite, the frame having left and right portions thereof;
a flexible pivoting/tension bar mounted to the frame;
a tongue depressor pivotally connected to and disposed beneath the pivoting/tension bar and disposed rearwardly of a rearward end of the frame, the tongue depressor being adapted to extend downwardly from and below the frame to a rear portion of the user's throat and to pivot on the pivoting/tension bar to exert forward pressure directly on the user's tongue in the area of the user's soft palate, thereby facilitating comfort and ease in occasional swallowing, while providing airflow effectiveness to prevent the user from snoring and experiencing sleep apnea symptoms;
wherein first and second portions of the flexible pivoting/tension bar extend along and from corresponding ones of the left and right portions of the frame, the first and second portions of the flexible pivoting/tension bar each extending from the frame and being secured to the tongue depressor at a location rearwardly of the rearward end of the frame.