Patent ID: 9421073
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61C,A61F,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A device for receipt in a user's mouth, comprising: a tongue engagement element having a front region, a rear region, and side regions that define an opening for receiving a user's tongue, the side regions extending back and outward from the front region to the rear region such that the rear region is wider than the front region, the front region having an upper surface and the rear region having a lower surface, the rear region extending upward relative to the front region such that the lower surface is spaced from the upper surface to receive the user's tongue therebetween, the tongue engagement element shaped such that when placed in a user's mouth, the rear region extends over the user's tongue and the front region extends under the user's tongue with an upper surface of the user's tongue located in front of the rear region is free of contact by the tongue engagement element; wherein the device is sized and shaped to fit within lingual surfaces of the user's mouth.