Patent ID: 6057767
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An apparatus for preventing snoring, when the apparatus is attached to a user, the apparatus comprising:a housing;a gravity actuated sensor, placed within the housing, for sensing when the user sleeps on his back, and sending a detect signal;a time delay circuit, placed within the housing and coupled to the gravity actuated sensor, for rejecting short detect signals;a vibrator, for producing high frequency vibrations which irritate the user of the apparatus and cause him to change his sleep posture without awakening him;a vibrator driver, placed within the housing and coupled to the time delay circuit and to the vibrator, for activating the vibrator as a result of long detect signals; anda power supply means, placed within the housing, and coupled to the gravity actuated sensor, to the time delay circuit and to the vibrator driver.