Patent ID: 7775938
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An exerciser for muscles that protract and depress the mandible comprising: a first strap having forward and intermediate extremities generally parallel each other and a rearward extremity generally at right angles to the forward and intermediate extremities; a second strap having forward and intermediate extremities generally parallel each other and a rearward extremity generally at right angles to the forward and intermediate extremities; complementary couplers carried by the forward extremity of the first strap and the forward extremity of the second strap whereby the forward extremities of the two straps can be coupled together to define a forward band for fitting over a human head in a generally vertical orientation; complementary couplers carried by the intermediate extremity of the first strap and the intermediate extremity of the second strap whereby the intermediate extremities of the two straps can be coupled together to define an intermediate band for fitting over a human head generally parallel the forward band and spaced apart therefrom; complementary couplers carried by the rearward extremity of the first strap and the rearward extremity of the second strap whereby the rearward extremities of the two straps can be coupled together to define a rearward band for fitting over a human head in a generally horizontal orientation; and an elastic chin strap adapted to extend around a human chin and connectable to the first and second straps at such an angle that the chinstrap is urged against the chin in opposition to both protraction and depression of the chin.