Mouth-protector.

I. w. BROWN. MOUTH PROTECTOR, APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1919

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEBTCEo

THOMAS W. BBOWW, OF CHICAGO, IXMWOZS.

ups ana other parts of the mouths * pugilists and the like, from blows upon the

IK » U^S1^{OT ad}T^a&lt;*^nt p.^arts of the face. As is 18 well known, there is a tendency for boxers especially amateurs, while boxing or sparί?^ηζ’.ί° ^shghtly open their mouths or at inw ^e5^UpA ^ne£^lect to tightly close 20 «X ^theirJ^th, ^e result being that a 20 blow upon the lower jaw will have the effect ^them tocher, sometimes breaking off some of the teeth, and also £f°j^U^^g lt^rs that, are transmitted to the on th??⁷®^{the mOl}?^th· ^A£^ain’^hard Punches the lips cause lacerations on the inside ot the lips by reason of the sharp forcible contaci with the teeth. With the present deX® Ki^Place’ ^a11 °t ^{said ln}i^urious results ? ^{the mou}th or jaws are ° ^Pyt^t-^{CaIly el},?u^inated. The invention consists in a resilient pad or cushioning member, adapted to be gripped between the teeth user and having webs extending up

S ΐ°^η£ ^{the out}er edge portion and and^PlS interposed between the teeth and lips of the user, thus protecting (when SsS ^^aC0)\l^h®?^eX ^lips and othS parts of the mouth of the user against hard

4, The invention further consists in set fortlZ ξΓί -^ures hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. ^J

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: rX^T® ¹ l ^a, ^S-^{ids 01eva}tion of a mouth protector embodying a simple form of the ^P „^lnventl01b shown in place in the mouth of a user; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical. 8® «^U^^{lnal Sectlon} ^ugh the device, and ΐ¹# ^{3 ls}. ^a perspective view of the device. ^S-^aid dra^W, the reference cnaracter 4, designates a substantially U- &lt; shaped resilient body, the upper and lower :

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This invention relates to mouth nrotec nLX ^b°dy portion as shown. The edge 10 tors, and its principal object is to provide down Ind θ’ ^® ^preJ^erabl.^y thinnfd cushioning means for protecting the teeth smooth tn ηνϊΧι ^edS^es are made lips and other parts of the months nf ZX? _Τχ to avoid irritation.

nuxdlisf-s and ui~ a----.... .. ’ may be found desirable to provide an 68 ςΧ? ⁹’ T ^th® ^b°^{dy porfcion} to reinforce the th prevent the user from biting through the device. Such insert is made of tough material, such as leather, fiber or the like and is embedded in the device before 70 vulcanization. The material, of which the device is made, may comprise rubber or other resilient compositions capable of being molded into proper form. ⁸

In practice the protectors may be formed 75 mnfX^rai! TT X ^{Shapes to fit} average mouths, but for the more perfect and expensive protectors it is preferable to take a cast of the user s teeth and from it produce a protector that more nearly conforms to the 80 shape of the mouth and teeth.. In this case the indentations will match up with the teeth and greater comfort is thereby ob^In any ^cas® U-shaped body sidet¹ aJX¹? ®X^UgA ^t0 Project beyond the 85 X he teeth and contact with the insides of the lips and cheeks of the user.

Λ X Protector ^is inserted between the teeth, and the teeth closed down upon the body portion; with the web extending be- 90 tween the lips and teeth. It is obvious that upward blows upon the lower jaw will be &amp;X^tted???^{he upper} i^av’ ^but nevertheless, through the protecting, resilient pad or body, 4, which cushions the blow and pre- ®5 vents the teeth from being broken. LikeWise blows on the cheeks will be cushioned Za edge portions of the pad, of i“^uch tbe force of blows on the front of the mouth will be absorbed and cushioned 10® by the web 6, consequently, the danger of cutting or lacerating the lips will be reduced to a minimum.

More or less variations of the exact details ?L™ⁿ^^rUOtl—_A^1S P°^^{ble wit}bout departing log from the spirit of this invention; Ldesir^ . cusps _of the teeth o7ftrui.^tO_Auhc^efrl!:: “ °L^be?.^{d Of}l^h® ^{body 4}’^{is a web} 6, which proas at 7, 8, from the front > upper and lower edges nf CH’’ ^LUP ana oottom 00 #L^porti⁰» ^{as shown}· ^The edge DOrtlOTlR Ωι f.lio wok β «-«Λ ___ i ί .-I · ®_

1,302,004 therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the construction shown ana described, but intend, in the following claims, to point out all of the invention disclosed δ herein. . _{T t}