US 12,138,198 B2
Oral appliance device
Matthew M. Rago, San Diego, CA (US); Steven R. Olmos, Alpine, CA (US); and Jacob William Smith, Strathfield (AU)
Assigned to Diamond Orthotic Laboratory, LLC, La Mesa, CA (US)
Filed by DIAMOND ORTHOTIC LABORATORY, LLC, La Mesa, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/355,523.
Application 16/355,523 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/990,544, filed on May 25, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/511,902, filed on May 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0209361 A1, Jul. 11, 2019
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/08 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [A61F 5/08 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral appliance device for use within a human mouth, the oral appliance device comprising:
an upper appliance member that selectively engages upper teeth within the human mouth;
a lower appliance member that selectively engages lower teeth within the human mouth, the appliance members being movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position; and
a first vertical shim including a post that is integrally formed as part of the first vertical shim, wherein one of the appliance members includes a post receiver that is configured to threadedly receive the post so that the post extends into the post receiver and so that the first vertical shim is removably secured to the one of the appliance members;
wherein the first vertical shim includes one of a bump and a recess, the one of the appliance members includes the other of the bump and the recess, and the bump is configured to fit and be retained within the recess so that the first vertical shim is aligned with the one of the appliance members.