Mouth protector device

Claim 1

A MOUTH PROTECTOR DEVICE TO BE USED BY ATHLETES AND THE LIKE WEARERS AND CAPABLE OF IN SITU, CUSTOM FITTING TO THE WEARER, SAID MOUTH PROTECTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A U-SHAPED BODY MEMBER HAVING A FRONTAL ARCUATE PORTION AND REARWARDLY EXTENDING LATERAL ARM PORTIONS INTEGRAL WITH THE FRONTAL ARCUATE PORTION AND FORMING THE SAID U-SHAPED BODY MEMBER THEREBY, SAID U-SHAPED BODY MEMBER HAVING A RELATIVELY FLAT PLANAR U-SHAPED FLOOR, UPSTANDING MARGINAL U-SHAPED LABIAL AND PALATAL WALLS AND CONNECTING END WALLS ABOUT THE FLOOR TO PROVIDE A CHANNEL FORMATION IN COOPERATION WITH SAID FLOOR, AND SAID CHANNEL FORMATION HAVING A LINING PERMANENTLY ADHERED THEREIN AND ADAPTED TO CARRY AN IMPRESSION OF THE UPPER TEETH OF THE WEARER, SAID BODY MEMBER COMPRISING, A THIN WALLED, FLEXIBLE, PREFORMED SHELL OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A FITTING DEVICE AND IMPRESSION RECEIVING TRAY DURING FORMATION OF THE MOUTHPIECE AND INCORPORATED PERMANENTLY IN THE PROTECTOR DEVICE DURING THE FITTING AND FORMATION OF THE DEVIE, SAID MARGINAL WALLS AND END WALLS HAVING THEIR EXTERIOR SURFACES EXPOSED IN THE FINALLY FORMED DEVICE, SAID LABIAL AND PALATAL WALLS BEING CANTED IN SIMILAR DIRECTIONS, BUT THE PALATAL WALL BEING CANTED AT A GREATER DEGREE RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF SAID FLOOR THAN THE LABIAL WALL, THAT PART OF THE FLOOR IN THE FRONTAL ARCUATE PORTION OF THE BODY MEMBER BEING IMPERFORATE, THOSE PARTS OF THE FOOR IN EACH OF THE LATERAL ARM ORTIONS HAVING A PERFORATE, MESH-LIKE STRUCTURE THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY AND FULL LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL WIDTH OF SID ARM PORTIONS BETWEEN MARGINAL WALLS WHEREBY WHEN INSTALLED IN THE WEARER''S MOUTH SAID MESH-LIKE STRUCTURE WILL BE DISPOSED ONLY ABOVE THE LOWER POSTERIOR TEETH OF THE WEARER, THE LINING BEING SELF-ADHERENT TO THE SHELL AND COMPRISING A MASTIC MATERIAL DISPOSED IN THE CHANNEL FORMATION DURING FITTING AND FORMATION OF THE DEVICE AND UPON THE BITING BY THE WEARER ADAPTED TO SET SHORTLY TO FORM SAID LINING IN THE CHANNEL FORMATION WITH THE WEARER''S UPPER TEETH IMPRESSED THEREIN, AND A PORTION OF THE MASTIC MATERIAL ADAPTED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FREELY TO FLOW THROUGH SAID MESH-LIKE STRUCTURE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHELL AND INTO ENGAGEMENT ONLY WITH THE WEARER''S LOWER POSTERIOR TEETH WHEREBY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONALLY AN IMPRESSION THEREOF IN SET MASTIC ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FLOOR.