Patent ID: 7549423

Claim:
A mouthguard for protecting a wearer's upper row of teeth and lower row of teeth and used in conjunction with a wearer's pair of lips, the mouthguard comprising: a. a teeth protecting section including a first upper teeth tray section having a first transverse wall, a first exterior wall extending upwardly from the first transverse wall and a first interior wall extending upwardly from the first transverse wall, a second teeth tray section having a second transverse wall, a second exterior wall extending upwardly from the second transverse wall and a second interior wall extending upwardly from the second transverse wall, and a middle teeth tray section having a middle transverse wall, a middle exterior wall extending upwardly from the middle transverse wall and a middle interior wall extending upwardly from the middle transverse wall, the three transverse walls aligned, the three exterior walls aligned and the three interior walls aligned so that when the upper row of teeth are placed in the mouthguard, the upper row of teeth rest on the three aligned transverse walls and are protected by the three aligned exterior walls adjacent the exterior of the upper row of teeth and by the three aligned interior walls adjacent the interior of the upper row of teeth; b. a protruding section extending from a front of the middle exterior wall, the protruding section having a body, a front end, a rear end, and three aligned breathing holes set back from the front end and separated by a pair of spaced apart vertical walls and extending through the body of the protruding section from the front end to the rear end, the middle exterior wall having three aligned openings respectively aligned with the three breathing holes in the protruding section so that an air passage extends from the protruding section into the area of the mouthguard between the exterior middle wall and the interior middle wall; c. the front of the protruding section extends forwardly from the wearer's teeth and between the wearer's lips when the mouthguard is worn in place and gripped between the upper row of teeth and lower row of teeth in the wearer's mouth, the front end of the protruding section configured to extend beyond the wearer's lips so that it is communication with the air around the wearer's head; and d. the mouthguard retained in the wearer's mouth only by the wearer's upper and lower rows of teeth and the wearer's lips.