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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1993
Charles E Taylor, San Rafael, CA (US);
Blaine M Smith, Lincoln City, OR (US);
The Sharper Image Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An anti-snore apparatus and method of stopping a person from snoring are disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a housing that is wearable on a person's limb and a strap for securing the housing to a person's limb. Means are contained within the housing for receiving a power supply. A motor is secured to and contained within the housing. A weight is secured to an output shaft of the motor. The output shaft extends through the weight at a point outside of a center of gravity of the weight so that rotation of the weight by the output shaft produces a vibratory motion in the housing. A microphone is contained within the housing for detecting audible snoring and for producing a microphone output signal in response to such detected snoring. An audio amplifier amplifies the microphone output signal to produce an amplified microphone output signal. A comparator produces a comparator output signal in response to the amplified microphone output signal exceeding a predetermined level. An oscillator, responsive to the comparator output signal, generates an oscillator output signal characterized by a plurality of voltage pulses for switching the motor on and off a plurality of times.
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