Patent ID: 7238145

Claim:
An oral exercise device comprising: an upper lever having a proximal end and a distal end; a lower lever also having a proximal end and a distal end; a rigid stabilizer through the upper lever and the lower lever, whereby the stabilizer prevents the upper lever and the lower lever from misaligning; a pivot between the upper lever and the lower lever, whereby the proximal ends of the upper lever and the lower lever move between a mutually separated position and a mutually adjacent position within a human mouth between a hard palate and a tongue, and whereby the distal ends of the upper lever and the lower lever likewise move between a mutually separated position and a mutually adjacent position in a manner opposite the proximal ends outside the human mouth; a tongue adaptor stably fastened to the lower lever, wherein the tongue adaptor conforms to a subject's tongue and causes the subject to actuate the oral exercise device with only the subject's tongue; bite blocks extending distally from and perpendicularly to the proximal end of said upper lever, whereby the bite blocks engage with the user's teeth to cause the subject to actuate the oral exercise device with only the subject's tongue; and at least one resistance element providing an isotonic resistance over a range of motion as the proximal ends move from the mutually separated position to the mutually adjacent position.