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US3316899A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Anatomical lacing with actuating means for exercising facial muscles

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-12-19
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Granted: 1967-05-02
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Expires: 1983-12-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Raeder Arthur

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 23:03
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H1/00; A61H1/02; A61H2205/00; A61H2205/02; A61H2205/026; A61H2205/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
AN ANATOMICAL LACING FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSFUNCTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LACING MEANS FOR SECUREMENT ABOUT THE HEAD AND NECK OF THE USER; INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID LACING MEANS POSITIONED TO OVERLIE PRESELECTED NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS BILATERALLY LOCATED AT RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE COMMISSURE REGIONS OF THE MOUTH; A FIRST PORTION OF SAID LACING MEANS CONNECTING TO SAID FIRST JUNCTURE POINT, AND A SECOND PORTION OF SAID LACING MEANS HAVING A RECIPROCAL LINEAR TURE POINT; ACTUATING MEANS HAVING A RECIPROCAL LINEAR MOTION OF A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY ABOUT SAID FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS; FIRST MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID JUNCTURE POINTS TO SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR IMPARTING RECIPROCAL MOTION OF SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY TO SAID JUNCTURE POINTS; FIRST AND SECOND FIXATION POINTS LOCATED ADJACENT OPPOSED SIDES OF USER''S HEAD AND SPACED AWAY THEREFROM; SECOND MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND FIXATION POINTS, RESPECTIVELY; SAID RECIPROCAL MOTION ALTERNATELY EXPANDING AND RELIEVING SAID LACING MEANS; WHEREBY THE NEURO-MUSCULAR JUNCTIONS OF THE USER ARE MASSAGED AT SAID OPERATING FREQUENCY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 173 words
AN ANATOMICAL LACING FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSFUNCTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LACING MEANS FOR SECUREMENT ABOUT THE HEAD AND NECK OF THE USER; INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID LACING MEANS POSITIONED TO OVERLIE PRESELECTED NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS BILATERALLY LOCATED AT RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE COMMISSURE REGIONS OF THE MOUTH; A FIRST PORTION OF SAID LACING MEANS CONNECTING TO SAID FIRST JUNCTURE POINT, AND A SECOND PORTION OF SAID LACING MEANS HAVING A RECIPROCAL LINEAR TURE POINT; ACTUATING MEANS HAVING A RECIPROCAL LINEAR MOTION OF A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY ABOUT SAID FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS; FIRST MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID JUNCTURE POINTS TO SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR IMPARTING RECIPROCAL MOTION OF SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY TO SAID JUNCTURE POINTS; FIRST AND SECOND FIXATION POINTS LOCATED ADJACENT OPPOSED SIDES OF USER''S HEAD AND SPACED AWAY THEREFROM; SECOND MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND JUNCTURE POINTS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND FIXATION POINTS, RESPECTIVELY; SAID RECIPROCAL MOTION ALTERNATELY EXPANDING AND RELIEVING SAID LACING MEANS; WHEREBY THE NEURO-MUSCULAR JUNCTIONS OF THE USER ARE MASSAGED AT SAID OPERATING FREQUENCY.

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-05-01 1978-10-31 1979-05-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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