Double tray dental apparatus

Claim 1

Dental apparatus, comprising: a pair of upper and lower dentition (encasing troughs;) trays; a hairpin-shaped resilient bridge member disposed adjacent the buccal exteriors of said paired (troughs) trays at each side; said resilient members each having a U-end between a pair of outwardly biased legs; (and) said trays and said resilient members being formed of the same pliant material; and said legs being joined to said (trough) tray sides forward of the posterior portions thereof, the ends of each said leg having a lap connection, non-pivotally anchoring said end to a tray side, the intermediate portions of said resilient members each having reduced cross-sectional area relative the crosssections of said leg ends adjacent said lap connections thereby insuring bending of the resilient members into hairpin shape, said lap connections transferring the forces of said resilient members into the tray sides before and behind said connections whereby resilient members in use exert divergent forces on said trays tending to uniformly press and hold the trays into contact with the user''s teeth during opening and closing of the jaws and during lateral and anterior/posterior movements thereof.