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Granted Patent B2
US 10,792,540 · App. 15/331,242 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Water sports nasal guard

Inventor: Wesley H. Campbell (Highland Haven, TX)
A63B33/00A63B71/085A63B71/10A63B2071/086A63B2071/088A63B2244/19A63B2244/20
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Patent No.
US 10,792,540
App. No.
15/331,242
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water sports nasal guard prevents unwanted contaminated water from entering a user's nostrils. The water sports nasal guard includes a mouth guard, an upper tongue shield, a lower tongue shield, and a nostril shield. The mouth guard allows the user to bite down on the water sports nasal guard, thereby upholding the nostril shield against the nasal passages of the user. The nostril shield presses up against the openings of the user's nasal passages. The mouth guard further includes an arch-shaped body, an upper teeth receptacle, and a lower teeth receptacle. The arch-shaped body positions the upper teeth receptacle and the lower teeth receptacle opposite to each other, both of which accommodate the upper teeth and lower teeth of the user. The upper tongue shield and the lower tongue shield prevent the user's tongue from coming between the teeth of the user and the mouth guard.

Claims (54)

1. A water sports nasal guard comprising:

a mouth guard;

an upper tongue shield;

a lower tongue shield;

a nostril shield;

the mouth guard comprising an arch-shaped body, an upper teeth receptacle and a lower teeth receptacle;

the arch-shaped body comprising a convex portion, a concave portion, a first arch end and a second arch end;

the upper teeth receptacle traversing into the arch-shaped body;

the lower teeth receptacle traversing into the arch-shaped body, opposite to the upper teeth receptacle;

the upper tongue shield being connected along the concave portion, adjacent to the upper teeth receptacle;

the lower tongue shield being connected along the concave portion, adjacent to the lower teeth receptacle;

the nostril shield being mounted adjacent to the convex portion;

the upper tongue shield and the lower tongue shield being oriented opposite to each other from the arch-shaped body;

the upper tongue shield traversing about the concave portion from the first arch end to the second arch end;

the lower tongue shield traversing about the concave portion between the first arch end and the second arch end;

an arc length of the upper tongue shield being larger than an arc length of the lower tongue shield by the upper tongue shield extending to the first arch end and to the second arch end and the lower tongue shield not extending to the first arch end and to the second arch end;

the nostril shield comprising a main plate, a first sill-bracing plate and a second sill-bracing plate;

the first sill-bracing plate being connected adjacent to the main plate;

the second sill-bracing plate being connected adjacent to the main plate, opposite to the first sill-bracing plate;

the first sill-bracing plate being oriented at a first obtuse angle with the main plate;

the second sill-bracing plate being oriented at a second obtuse angle with the main plate;

the first obtuse angle and the second obtuse angle being equal to each other; and

the main plate having no opening formed thereon so as to be configured to fully cover a user's nasal passages.

2. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a mouth shield;

an extension arm;

the extension arm being connected adjacent to the convex portion;

the mouth shield being connected adjacent to the extension arm, opposite to the convex portion; and

the nostril shield being connected adjacent to the mouth shield, offset from the extension arm.

3. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

the mouth shield comprising a maxilla portion and a mandible portion;

the maxilla portion being positioned adjacent to the upper teeth receptacle;

the mandible portion being positioned adjacent to the lower teeth receptacle; and

the nostril shield being positioned adjacent to the maxilla portion, opposite to the mandible portion.

4. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a tether coupler;

an extension arm;

the extension arm being connected adjacent to the convex portion; and

the tether coupler being connected adjacent to the extension arm, opposite to the convex portion.

5. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

an upper lip ridge;

a lower lip ridge;

the upper lip ridge being connected along the convex portion, adjacent to the upper teeth receptacle; and

the lower lip ridge being connected along the convex portion, adjacent to the lower teeth receptacle.

6. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

the arch-shaped body being uniformly made of a moldable material.

7. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

an upper quantity of moldable material; and

the upper quantity of moldable material being integrated across a base surface of the upper teeth receptacle.

8. The water sports nasal guard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a first lower quantity of moldable material;

a second lower quantity of moldable material;

the first lower quantity of moldable material being integrated into a base surface of the lower teeth receptacle, adjacent to the first arch end; and

the second lower quantity of moldable material being integrated into a base surface of the lower teeth receptacle, adjacent to the second arch end.

Continuity (2)
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