Patent ID: 6505627
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A composite performance enhancing and force absorbing mouthguard having a U-shaped base with upstanding labial and lingual walls forming a channel, comprising:(a) a nonsoftenable, flexible framework, comprising (i) posterior occlusal plates in the base; (ii) cross-cantilever connectors extending upwardly and inwardly from the plates; and (iii) expansible contractible bridge connected to upward portions of the connectors, the bridge being expansible and contractible to lie along a palate of a user; and (b) a softenable, customizable wall and channel material encapsulating the plates, connectors and bridge forming an arch from the connectors to an anterior portion of the lingual wall with a ruggae opening to facilitate speech and to custom fit the mouthguard to the mouth of the user without the mouthguard losing its shape during heating.