Patent ID: 8307823

Claim:
A breathing aid for a user, the breathing aid comprising: a middle portion having an inside end and an outside end and defining a breathing aperture that provides air flow out of the mouth of the user between the inside and outside ends, the middle portion having an exposed surface that extends in a substantially straight line over a length between the inside and outside ends, the breathing aperture having a height and a width, that is substantially greater than the height, between the inside and outside ends of the middle portion, the height and width of the breathing aperture substantially constant over a majority of an extent of the middle portion between the inside and outside ends, the inside end of the middle portion having an exposed area of the breathing aperture that is greater than an exposed area of the breathing aperture at the outside end; an incisor aperture defined through the exposed surface of the middle portion and sized to receive a user's incisors teeth on one of the user's law bones, the location of the incisor aperture along the middle portion providing proper placement of the breathing aide in the user's mouth; and a pair of protrusions extending oppositely sideward from the middle portion.