Claims
- 1. A kinesiologic mouthpiece, which comprises:
- (a) a strap assembly;
- (b) a pair of bitepad assemblies each including a bitepad with:
- (1) an inner core; and
- (2) an outer core;
- (3) an upper surface;
- (4) a lower surface;
- (5) a span; and
- (6) an interface between said upper and lower surfaces and said span;
- (c) a pair of bitepad mounting means for mounting said bitepad assembly to said strap assembly;
- (d) said inner core having inner, outer, front and rear edges;
- (e) a recess in said front edge and a recess in said rear edge; and
- (f) a plurality of openings extending through said inner core.
- 2. The mouthpiece, according to claim 1, wherein each said inner core includes:
- (a) a front portion;
- (b) a rear portion;
- (c) said inner core front portion being narrower than said bitepad back end; and
- (d) said inner core inner edges converging from rear to front towards said inner core outer edges respectively.
- 3. The mouthpiece, according to claim 2, wherein said outer edge of said outer core tapers inward along a distal portion thereof.
- 4. The mouthpiece, according to claim 2, wherein the corners between said inner, outer, front and rear edges are rounded.
- 5. The mouthpiece, according to claim 1, wherein said interfaces between said upper and lower surfaces and said span are rounded.
- 6. The mouthpiece, according to claim 1, wherein said span tapers inward along a distal end thereof.
- 7. A kinesiologic mouthpiece, which comprises:
- (a) a strap assembly;
- (b) a pair of bitepad assemblies each including a bitepad with:
- (1) an inner core; and
- (2) an outer core with an upper contact surface, a lower contact surface, an inner edge, an outer edge, a front edge, a rear edge, a front portion and a rear portion;
- (c) a pair of bitepad mounting means for mounting said bitepad assembly to said strap assembly;
- (d) said outer core including corners formed between said inner, outer, front and rear edges;
- (e) said outer core front portion being narrower than said rear portion; and
- (f) said outer core inner edges converging from front to back towards said outer core outer edges respectively.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/695,390, also entitled KINESIOLOGICAL MOUTHPIECE AND METHOD, filed Aug. 12, 1996 is now U.S. Pat. No. 5,873,365.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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