Patent ID: 8646454

Claim:
An oral appliance comprising: a first component including a lower segment, a first upper segment and a second upper segment, the lower segment configured to substantially conform to contours of a plurality of a user's lower teeth, the lower segment comprising ridges extending anteriorly and upwardly from distolingual corners of the lower segment, the first upper segment configured to conform to contours of a first plurality of the user's upper teeth, the second upper segment configured to conform to contours of a second plurality of the user's upper teeth, the first upper segment operably connected to the lower segment using a first threaded element such that rotational manipulation of the first threaded element causes the first upper segment to be displaced horizontally relative to the lower segment about a length of the first threaded element, the second upper segment operably connected to the lower segment using a second threaded element such that rotational manipulation of the second threaded element causes the second upper segment to be displaced horizontally relative to the lower segment about a length of the second threaded element, the length of the first threaded element and the length of the second threaded element being substantially parallel to each other.