Cover for oral device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11957487-B2
Application number	US-202117174577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 26, 2020
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

A cover for covering an oral device that includes a first sheet member made of a first resin, and a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction. A protruding portion protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cover for covering at least a portion of an oral device that is used in a mouth, the cover comprising:
a first sheet member made of a first resin;
a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction; and
a protruding portion that protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction,
wherein the second sheet member has slits therein, the slits being positioned on opposed sides of the protruding portion in the second direction, the slits extending from a part of the opening defined by the second sheet member toward a second side in the first direction opposite the first side such that the part of the opening defined by the second sheet member and including the slits is a non-linear edge of the second sheet member.

2. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein a flexural rigidity of the second sheet member is higher than a flexural rigidity of the first sheet member.

3. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the second sheet member includes a lift-up portion that adjoins the protruding portion to the second sheet member, and the lift-up portion is not joined to the first sheet member over an entirety of the lift-up portion including opposed edges thereof in the second direction.

4. A cover for covering at least a portion of an oral device that is used in a mouth, the cover comprising:
a first sheet member made of a first resin;
a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction;
a protruding portion that protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction; and
a protective sheet removably joined to the first sheet member at a side thereof opposite to a side facing the second sheet member,
wherein the protective sheet has a facing surface that faces the first sheet member, the facing surface including a first adhesive portion and a second adhesive portion having adhesiveness less than that of the first adhesive portion, and
wherein the second adhesive portion is disposed at each of opposed sides of the facing surface of the protective sheet in the second direction.

5. The cover according to claim 4 , wherein the second adhesive portion comprises a plurality of second adhesive portions that extend in the first direction and that are arranged with equal intervals therebetween in the second direction.

6. The cover according to claim 4 , wherein a portion of the first adhesive portion extends over an entire width of the facing surface in the second direction.

7. The cover according to claim 4 , wherein the protective sheet is a first protective sheet, and the cover further comprises:
a second protective sheet removably joined to the second sheet member at a side thereof opposite to a side facing the first sheet member.

8. The cover according to claim 7 , wherein a dimension of the second protective sheet in the first direction is greater than a dimension of the first protective sheet in the first direction, and a dimension of the second protective sheet in the second direction is greater than a dimension of the first protective sheet in the second direction.

9. The cover according to claim 8 , wherein a flexural rigidity of the second protective sheet is higher than or equal to a flexural rigidity of the first protective sheet.

10. The cover according to claim 7 , wherein the facing surface of the first protective sheet is a first facing surface,
the second protective sheet has a second facing surface that faces the second sheet member,
the second facing surface has a third adhesive portion having adhesiveness, and
the adhesiveness of the third adhesive portion is greater than the adhesiveness of the first adhesive portion.

11. The cover according to claim 10 , wherein the third adhesive portion is at least at an outer edge of the second facing surface.

12. The cover according to claim 1 , further comprising a sheet-shaped support member joined to the second sheet member at a side thereof opposite to a side facing the first sheet member.

13. The cover according to claim 3 , further comprising a sheet-shaped support member joined to the second sheet member at a side thereof opposite to a side facing the first sheet member.

14. The cover according to claim 13 , wherein the support member extends across an edge of the lift-up portion at the second side in the first direction.

15. A cover for covering at least a portion of an oral device that is used in a mouth, the cover comprising:
a first sheet member made of a first resin;
a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction;
a protruding portion that protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction; and
a protective sheet removably joined to the first sheet member at a side thereof opposite to a side facing the second sheet member,
wherein the protective sheet has a facing surface that faces the first sheet member, the facing surface including a first adhesive portion and a second adhesive portion having adhesiveness less than that of the first adhesive portion, and
wherein the second adhesive portion extends from a first side to a second side of the facing surface of the protective sheet in the second direction.

16. The cover according to claim 15 , wherein there are a plurality of second adhesive portions, and the plurality of second adhesive portions are disposed at intervals with respect to each other in the second direction.

17. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion includes flap at the first side in the longitudinal direction, the flap being defined by a cut or score line.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Shimuta Toru
• Tanaka Kenji
• Takagi Jun

Classifications

• B32B3/02

  characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions {(non-uniform thickness B32B3/263)} · CPC title

• B32B7/14

  applied in spaced arrangements, e.g. in stripes · CPC title

• B32B27/08

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• A61B5/682 Primary

  Mouth, e.g., oral cavity; tongue; Lips; Teeth · CPC title

• A61B5/4277

  saliva secretion · CPC title