Patents Assigned to OptiO2 Labs LLC
  • Patent number: 11406527
    Abstract: An airflow inhibitor apparatus for use in the mouth has an airflow inhibitor body and a tongue shelf. The tongue shelf positions the forward part of the tongue upward, improving the oral posture of the wearer and promoting proper nasal breathing. The airflow inhibitor body helps block the user from mouth breathing. The body is adjacent to the lips and the teeth when in the mouth. The tongue shelf extends laterally from the body. A bite pad may be shaped to fit the teeth of the wearer, having been made with reference to a custom mold or the like, or may have a combination of protrusions that permit the teeth to grip the pad. In an alternative configuration, the body has thinned wall sections that facilitate trimming of the airflow inhibitor apparatus with scissors or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: OptiO2 Labs LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas Shuler, Joseph Austin Mallette
  • Publication number: 20210000639
    Abstract: An airflow inhibitor apparatus for use in the mouth has an airflow inhibitor body and a tongue shelf. The tongue shelf positions the forward part of the tongue upward, improving the oral posture of the wearer and promoting proper nasal breathing. The airflow inhibitor body helps block the user from mouth breathing. The body is adjacent to the lips and the teeth when in the mouth. The tongue shelf extends laterally from the body. A bite pad may be shaped to fit the teeth of the wearer, having been made with reference to a custom mold or the like, or may have a combination of protrusions that permit the teeth to grip the pad. In an alternative configuration, the body has thinned wall sections that facilitate trimming of the airflow inhibitor apparatus with scissors or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: OptiO2 Labs LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas SHULER, Joseph Austin MALLETTE