Patent ID: 8640710

Claim:
A protective chin cup cover assembly adapted for installation on an external orthodontic protraction headgear appliance chin cup interface, the protective chin cup cover comprising: a single body unit of flexible absorbent soft material having two opposing lateral substantially parallel side edges extending between a longitudinal posterior edge and two longitudinal arched edges forming a posterior portion, an anterior portion, and a chassis core portion disposed therebetween; the protective chin cup cover assembly including a lateral axis and a longitudinal axis; the flexible absorbent soft material further defined by the material having two sides, the two sides defined by an obverse soft side and a reverse dull side; the posterior portion of the protective chin cup cover assembly, is defined by being substantially in the shape of a rectangle and including two opposing arcuate corners joined by a posterior edge; a horizontally disposed aperture disposed along the longitudinal axis within the posterior portion a short distance from the posterior edge; the chassis core portion is generally in the shape of a rectangle and includes a pleat; the pleat includes a fold at a fold line F 1 and is attached to the chassis core portion at a meeting of a first seam line S 1 and a second seam line S 2 , the fold lines F 1 and the seam lines S 1 and S 2 are cooperatively adapted to be capable of forming a three layered chassis core portion; the anterior portion includes a right anterior flange and a left anterior flange, each anterior flange being generally arch-shaped, the right and left anterior flanges separated by a longitudinal cut, the right anterior flange comprises two generally parallel lateral sides, an exterior right lateral side and an interior left lateral side, joined by a right arched anterior edge; the left anterior flange comprises two generally parallel lateral sides, an exterior left lateral side and an interior right lateral side, joined by a left arched anterior edge; and a fastening means on the right anterior flange and a fastening means on the left anterior flange removably engage anterior flanges to the posterior portion having a right corresponding fastening means and a left corresponding fastening means affixed thereon.