Patent ID: 9333413
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A mouth guard comprising: a pair of spaced-apart molar receiving members having opposite upper and lower biting surfaces; forward end portions of the molar receiving members being positioned in a spaced-apart relationship with one another, defining a fluid gap; an outer wall having opposing forward and rearward surfaces; the rearward surface of the outer wall being shaped to confront an exterior surface of a user's lips; an inner wall, positioned between the molar receiving members and the outer wall; a rearward inner wall portion being shaped to extend along at least a portion of a length of an outer edge portion of the molar receiving members and a forward inner wall portion being shaped to extend along at least a portion of a width of the mouth guard, forward of the fluid gap between the molar receiving members; the inner wall having opposing forward and rearward surfaces; the forward surface of the inner wall being shaped to confront an inner surface of the user's mouth; the rearward surface of the inner wall being shaped to confront forward surfaces of the user's teeth; and a conduit extending between the inner and outer walls such that the forward inner wall portion is longitudinally separated from the rearward surface of the outer wall by a gap defined by a length of the conduit; the conduit having at least one open passage that extends through opposite end portions of the conduit; the open passage penetrating the forward inner wall portion and outer wall; the fluid gap having a width, along an entire length of the fluid gap, that is at least as wide as a width of the open passage such that fluid may flow along a linear pathway, from the open end portion of the conduit passage adjacent the inner wall, through the fluid gap.