US 12,295,879 B1
Tongue embracing oral retention device and method of manufacture
Howell Goldberg, Parkland, FL (US); and Daniel A. Zabaleta, Cooper City, FL (US)
Filed by Howell Goldberg, Parkland, FL (US); and Daniel A. Zabaleta, Cooper City, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,684.
Application 17/503,684 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/997,637, filed on Jun. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,147,706.
Application 15/997,637 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/703,858, filed on May 4, 2015, granted, now 10,206,809, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Application 14/703,858 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/609,754, filed on Sep. 11, 2012, abandoned.
Application 13/609,754 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/883,156, filed on Sep. 15, 2010, granted, now 8,261,748, issued on Sep. 11, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/514,837, filed on Jun. 3, 2017.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [A61C 9/0006 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/20 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0643 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a tongue attachment assembly for retention of an accessory, the method comprising steps of:
placing a tongue attachment sheath of the tongue attachment assembly onto a tongue of an intended subject, the tongue attachment assembly comprising an air extraction tubular passageway extending forward from a distal end of the tongue attachment sheath and an interlock coupling formation formed about a portion of the air extraction tubular passageway;
securing the tongue attachment sheath to the tongue of the intended subject by drawing a vacuum between the tongue attachment sheath and the tongue of the intended subject;
securing the accessory to the tongue attachment assembly by assembling a tongue position retention bracket assembly formation of the accessory to the interlock coupling formation using a movement in a radial direction,
wherein the tongue position retention bracket assembly formation is circumferential in shape following a contour of a circumference of over 180 degrees of the interlock coupling formation creating a self retaining interface therebetween.