Patent ID: 9717975
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
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 operatively coupled to the molar receiving members, 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 fluid gap having a width, along a 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.