Patent ID: 8252023

Claim:
A pacifier for use in user's oral cavity and in relation to portions of a user's anatomy including an upper ridge, a lower ridge, a maxilla, a mandible, a tongue including a tip, a roof of the mouth, a right cuspid area, a left cuspid area, and a throat, wherein the pacifier comprises: a spacing portion configured to receive the upper ridge and the lower ridge; a posterior flange positioned at a posterior end of the spacing portion and including a tongue groove configured to receive the tip of the tongue while the tongue is in a near-normal position; a projection portion positioned on an upper side of the posterior flange and arranged to project from the posterior flange, above the tongue, and to the roof of the mouth; wherein the posterior flange is configured to: not push the tip of the tongue posteriorly, span only from the right cuspid area to the left cuspid area, maintain the lower ridge in a forward position to draw the mandible away from the throat, and maintain the upper ridge substantially and directly above the lower ridge; and wherein, from the perspective of the rear of the pacifier, the posterior flange is concave along a horizontal dimension and concave along a vertical dimension.