US 12,350,183 B2
Adjustable nasal dilator
Tom Wallace, Durham, CT (US)
Assigned to NASAL DILATOR LLC, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed by Nasal Dilator LLC, Hartford, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,113.
Application 18/075,113 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/855,545, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,672,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,465, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114880 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/08 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nasal dilator comprising:
a first leg and a second leg, the second leg being movable relative to the first leg between a first position and a second position, wherein the second leg is arranged at an angle relative to the first leg in both the first position and the second position;
a first support member extending from the first leg such that a first clearance configured to receive a first nostril ala is formed between the first leg and the first support member;
a second support member extending from the second leg such that a second clearance configured to receive a second nostril ala is formed between the second leg and the second support member; and
an adjustment mechanism including a tension control rod that is extendable through the first and second legs and is rotatable about an axis to move the second leg between the first position and the second position.