Patent ID: 8444670

Claim:
A nasal dilator comprising a laminate of vertical layers including a resilient member laminated to at least one of a base layer or cover layer, said resilient member extending fully from lateral end edge to opposite lateral end edge of the dilator, said base layer or cover layer extending horizontally beyond said resilient member at a portion of a periphery of the dilator outboard of upper and lower long edges of the resilient member; and the dilator further including a symmetrical material separation extending vertically through every layer of the laminate, the material separation extending inward from each lateral end edge of the dilator, bifurcating the laminate so as to define upper and lower resilient member spring fingers and corresponding upper and lower bifurcated dilator end region portions, the resilient member and the base layer or cover layer thus having a common peripheral edge extending along at least a portion of the material separation.