US Patent Issued to THE RESTFUL JAW on Feb. 3 for "Jaw support device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,192, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THE RESTFUL JAW COMPANY LLC (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Jaw support device" was invented by Eric Schiffman (Saint Paul, Minn.), Anna Heithoff (Minneapolis), Troy Pongratz (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Michael David Weston (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jaw support device for supporting a patient's jaw during dental procedures. More specifically, a jaw support device comprising a headrest mount assembly, a split sphere assembly having a first locking mechanism, a ball joint assembly having a second locking mechanism, and a jaw rest assembly. The headrest mount assembly may attach to a dental ch...