Patent ID: 9517113
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61C,A61F

Claim Text:
1. An appliance for correcting a malocclusion in a mouth of a user, the appliance comprising: a generally U-shaped upper body having an anterior portion configured to be adjacent to upper incisors and a posterior portion located rearward to the anterior portion, the upper body having an upper base with a perimeter defining an outer boundary and walls extending along the perimeter of the posterior portion of the upper body; a generally U-shaped lower body having an anterior portion configured to be adjacent to lower incisors, the lower body having a lower base with a perimeter defining an outer boundary, the lower base having a width which is configured to be greater than a width of the teeth of the user and wherein the lower body has walls extending along the perimeter of the lower body to define a trough, the trough being configured to contact the lower incisors as the appliance is worn in the mouth of the user; lingual protrusions extending rearward from the anterior portion of the upper body, the lingual protrusions being configured to contact a maxilla when the appliance is worn within the mouth of the user; and a bumper that is configured to define a labially enlarged area with respect to the outer boundary across a labial portion of the anterior portion of the lower body of the appliance so that a rearward force is configured to be exerted by the lips of the user against the bumper and cause a lower jaw of the user to move rearward relative to an upper jaw of the user as the lower appliance is worn within the mouth of the user.