Patent ID: 9681978
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A mouth guard for the prevention of bruxism, comprising: an arcuate tray portion having a front, a rear and two sides, the arcuate tray portion sized and configured to at least partially cover a person's upper or lower tooth set and comprising an arcuate bottom wall having an inner edge, an outer edge, a top surface and a bottom surface defining the bottom surface of the tray portion, an inner side wall extending upward from the inner edge of the bottom wall and an outer side wall extending upward from the outer edge of the bottom wall, said walls collectively defining an arcuate channel; and an elastic tab portion having two ends, the elastic tab portion extending at one of the two ends from the inner side wall at the front of the tray portion, continuing to extend beneath and spaced apart from the bottom surface of the tray portion toward and beyond the side wall opposite the side wall from which it extends so as to be free at the other of the two ends.