Patent ID: 9414957
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A nasal strip for opening the nasal passageways, the nasal strip having features that include: an external portion that extends for the entire length of the nasal strip, the external portion being formed from a flexible plastic material, the external portion having a central section and a left end section and a right end section with the central section having the same width as each end section, the central section having a sufficient thickness to create a lifting torque of at least 0.1 inch-ounces onto the end sections of the nasal strip; an adhesive coating that covers the interior surface of each end section of the external portion of the nasal strip with the central section not having an adhesive coating on its interior surface, the central section being formed of an interior plastic surface devoid of adhesive and adapted to be in contact with a bridge surface of a user's nose; and, at least one tab member attached to an exterior boundary of said left end or right end section or both, and extending outwardly therefrom, said tab being devoid of an adhesive coating, said tab extending at an angle “a” from the plane of the nasal strip wherein the angle “a” is between the approximate range between 10-90 degrees, the adhesive coating on said left and right end sections covering substantially the entire interior surface of said left and right end sections.