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App. No. 17/734,238

NASAL DILATOR

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Abstract

A nasal dilator, comprising a plurality of laminated components, wherein each of the laminated components comprises a first major surface that faces in a first direction and a second major surface that faces in a second direction, the plurality of laminated components comprises at least one resilient member, each of the at least one resilient member comprises a first end at a first edge of the nasal dilator and a second end at a second edge of the nasal dilator, each of the at least one resilient member extends from the first end to the second end in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nasal dilator, the plurality of laminated components comprises a first component and a second component, an entirety of the second major surface of the first component is of a first color, an entirety of the second major surface of the second component is of a second color, and at least a portion of the second major surface of the first component and at least a portion of the second major surface of the second component is a visibly exposed surface of the nasal dilator.

Claims (107)

1 . A nasal dilator, comprising:

a plurality of laminated components, wherein

each of said laminated components comprises a first major surface that faces in a first direction and a second major surface that faces in a second direction,

said plurality of laminated components comprises at least one resilient member,

each of said at least one resilient member comprises a first end at a first edge of said nasal dilator and a second end at a second edge of said nasal dilator,

each of said at least one resilient member extends from said first end to said second end in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said nasal dilator,

said plurality of laminated components comprises a first component and a second component,

an entirety of said second major surface of said first component is of a first color,

an entirety of said second major surface of said second component is of a second color, and

at least a portion of said second major surface of said first component and at least a portion of said second major surface of said second component is a visibly exposed surface of said nasal dilator.

2 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , wherein:

each of said laminated components comprises an outer periphery, said outer periphery consisting of at least one segment selected from the group consisting of a straight line parallel to said longitudinal axis of said nasal dilator and a segment corresponding to at least a portion of an outer periphery of said nasal dilator.

3 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , wherein:

said nasal dilator has an overall shape that permits n nasal dilators of said overall shape to be die-cut from a sheet of laminated materials, said sheet of materials having an area less than n times an area of a minimally sized rectangular bounding box for said overall shape.

4 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , wherein:

said first component is selected from the group consisting of an optional first base layer, an optional second base layer, an optional third base layer, an optional first interface member, an optional second interface member, an optional third interface member, a first resilient member of said at least one resilient member, an optional second resilient member of said at least one resilient member, an optional third resilient member of said at least one resilient member, an optional first cover layer, an optional second cover layer, and an optional third cover layer, and

said second component is another component selected from the group consisting of said first base layer, said second base layer, said third base layer, said first interface member, said second interface member, said third interface member, said first resilient member, said second resilient member, said third resilient member, said first cover layer, said second cover layer, and said third cover layer.

5 . The nasal dilator of claim 4 , wherein:

said second major surface of said first base layer, if present, faces said first major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said second major surface of said second base layer, if present, faces said first major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said second major surface of said third base layer, if present, faces said first major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said first major surface of said first cover layer, if present, faces said second major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said first major surface of said second cover layer, if present, faces said second major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said first major surface of said third cover layer, if present, faces said second major surface of at least one respective resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said first interface member, if present, is situated intermediate said at least one resilient member and at least one of said first base layer, said second base layer and said third base layer,

said second interface member, if present, is situated intermediate said at least one resilient member and at least one of said first base layer, said second base layer and said third base layer, and

said third interface member, if present, is situated intermediate said at least one resilient member and at least one of said first base layer, said second base layer and said third base layer.

6 . The nasal dilator of claim 4 , wherein:

said plurality of laminated components comprises a third component,

an entirety of said second major surface of said third component is of a third color, and

said third component is yet another component selected from the group consisting of said first base layer, said second base layer, said third base layer, said first interface member, said second interface member, said third interface member, said first resilient member, said second resilient member, said third resilient member, said first cover layer, said second cover layer, and said third cover layer.

7 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , wherein:

a first sum of four halftone percentage values representing said first color in CMYK color space differs from a second sum of four halftone percentage values representing said second color in CMYK color space by at least a first given minimum, said first given minimum being selected from the group consisting of 5, 8, and 10.

8 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , wherein:

a fourth sum of four halftone percentage values representing said first color in CMYK color space differs from a fifth sum of four halftone percentage values representing a first human skin color closest to said first color in CMYK color space by at least a third given minimum, said third given minimum being selected from the group consisting of 5, 8, and 10, and

a sixth sum of four halftone percentage values representing said second color in CMYK color space differs from a seventh sum of four halftone percentage values representing a second human skin color closest to said second color in CMYK color space by at least a fourth given minimum, said fourth given minimum being selected from the group consisting of 5, 8, and 10.

9 . The nasal dilator of claim 1 , comprising:

at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a thermochromic substance and a photochromic substance, wherein

at least one of said first color and said second color is a transient color, and

said at least one substance contributes to said transient color.

10 . A nasal dilator, comprising:

a plurality of laminated components, wherein

each of said laminated components comprises a first major surface that faces in a first direction and a second major surface that faces in a second direction,

said plurality of laminated components comprises a first component and second component,

said first component is a plastic film,

a first portion of said plastic film is transparent,

a second portion of said plastic film comprises coloring of a first color, and

an entirety of said second major surface of said second component is of a second color, and

at least a portion of said second major surface of said second component and at least a portion of said coloring of said plastic film is a visibly exposed surface of said nasal dilator.

11 . The nasal dilator of claim 10 , wherein:

said plurality of laminated components comprises at least one resilient member,

said plastic film constitutes a first base layer,

said second major surface of said plastic film faces said first major surface of a first resilient member of said at least one resilient member,

said second component is selected from the group consisting of an optional second base layer, an optional third base layer, an optional first interface member, an optional second interface member, an optional third interface member, said first resilient member, an optional second resilient member of said at least one resilient member, an optional third resilient member of said at least one resilient member, an optional first cover layer, an optional second cover layer, and an optional third cover layer.

12 . The nasal dilator of claim 11 , wherein: