Exercise devices – For head or neck – Face
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-26
2006-12-26
Donnelly, Jerome (Department: 3764)
Exercise devices
For head or neck
Face
Reexamination Certificate
active
07153237
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for enhancing isometric and/or isotonic exercises and methods of using same. In particular, the apparatus for enhancing isometric exercises includes a substantially rigid annular exercising assembly which is placed in a user's mouth and held in place by the user's lips and more particularly between the user's lips in such a manner that the user's upper and lower teeth are not in a substantially engaged position. The substantially rigid annular exercising assembly has an exterior and an interior wall which connect and thereby form a trough. The anterior, medial and posterior surfaces of the user's lips fit within the trough thereby providing the mechanism for holding the substantially rigid annular exercising assembly within the user's mouth during exercise. In this manner, the substantially rigid annular exercising assembly is essentially freestanding and does not require the user to grind their teeth, or tense or strain the jaw or Templar-Mandibular Joint. When in place, the substantially rigid annular exercising assembly increases isometric resistance during exercise, weight training, or facial toning. When used as an isotonic exercising aid, the apparatus would be substantially flexible or semi-flexible to thereby allow some movement of a user's jaw and other facial muscles.
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Donnelly Jerome
Dunlap Codding & Rogers P.C.
Mathew Fenn C.
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