Lip sealing tape

Abstract

A lip sealing tape for preventing a user's mouth from opening in daily life and during sleep is proposed. The lip sealing tape adds a mouth-closing vector to assist a vector that displaces a position of a user's tongue forward and upward, thereby forming a closed vector system of muscles of the entire body to increase physical stability and induce nasal respiration (breathing through a user's nose) to gradually reduce oral respiration while promoting nasal respiration. The lip sealing tape is characterized by simply adding the mouth-closing vector to prevent opening of the user's upper and lower lips, by means of horizontal and vertical adhesive tape portions, thereby minimizing a contact area with a user's facial skin when worn and thus minimizing discomfort due to stuffiness while maximizing safety when worn.

Claims

1. A lip sealing tape for preventing configured to prevent a user's mouth from opening in daily life and during sleep, the lip sealing tape adding a mouth-closing vector configured to assist a vector that displaces a position of a user's tongue forward and upward to form a closed vector system of muscles of a user's body to increase physical stability and induce nasal respiration, which is breathing through a user's nose, to gradually reduce oral respiration while promoting nasal respiration, wherein the lip sealing tape is configured to add the mouth-closing vector to prevent opening of a user's upper and lower lips, by horizontal and vertical adhesive tape portions, thereby minimizing a contact area with a user's facial skin when worn and thus minimizing discomfort due to stuffiness while maximizing safety when worn, and wherein the lip sealing tape comprises: at least one connection adhesive tape portion configured to be vertically attached to a position passing over the user's upper and lower lips; a philtrum adhesive tape portion located at an upper end of the connection adhesive tape portion, and configured to be horizontally attached to a position between a user's nose and the user's upper lip; a pogonion adhesive tape portion located at a lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion, and configured to be horizontally attached on a horizontal line between a position below a point (B) and a user's pogonion (Pog); and a menton adhesive tape portion located beneath the pogonion adhesive tape portion and at the lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion, wherein the menton adhesive tape portion is configured to be horizontally attached on a horizontal line between a user's gnathion (Gn) and a user's menton (Me).

2. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, further comprising: a multi-use adhesive surface provided on a back surface of each of the respective adhesive tape for attachment to a user's skin to be fixed, and having proven skin safety; and a release film being removably in contact with the adhesive surface and protecting the adhesive surface.

3. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, wherein the connection adhesive tape portion, the philtrum adhesive tape portion, the pogonion adhesive tape portion, and the menton adhesive tape portion are provided integrally as a single body, or are provided separately.

4. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, wherein the philtrum adhesive tape portion and the connection adhesive tape portion are formed in a “T” shape that is configured to integrally connect a horizontal line directly below a user's philtrum, and a vertical line from the philtrum to a position below a curvature point on a user's mandible.

5. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, wherein the horizontal philtrum adhesive tape portion, pogonion adhesive tape portion, and menton adhesive tape portion are attached to the vertical connection adhesive tape portion at right angles.

6. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, wherein the lip sealing tape is custom-manufactured to fit a user's facial anatomy by 3D scanning and printing.

7. The lip sealing tape of claim 1, wherein a surface area, where the lip sealing tape is configured to be attached from a user's philtrum to the user's menton, is about ⅙ to ⅕ of a lateral width of the user's upper and lower lips, so that the lip sealing tape is configured to be attached around the user's upper and lower lips and firmly hold the user's upper and lower lips in a closed position to prevent opening of the lips during sleep.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is an exemplary view illustrating a use state of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a comparison view illustrating a state before and after use of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an anatomical structural of a human's head.

(5) FIG. 5 is an explanatory view illustrating the use state of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 is a view illustrating X-ray photographs (front view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(7) FIG. 7 is a view illustrating X-ray photographs (side view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

(8) FIG. 8 is a view illustrating X-ray photographs (side view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention, illustrating a distance increase.

(9) FIG. 9 is a view illustrating X-ray photographs illustrating a state of teeth before and after the use of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS IN THE DRAWINGS

(10) 100: lip sealing tape 110: connection adhesive tape portion 120: philtrum adhesive tape portion 130: pogonion adhesive tape portion 140: menton adhesive tape portion

BEST MODE

(11) A lip sealing tape according to the present invention is configured as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 9.

(12) In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of known functions and components incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention unclear.

(13) Further, technical terms, as will be mentioned hereinafter, are terms defined in consideration of their function in the present invention, which may be varied according to the intention of a user, practice, or the like, so that the terms should be defined based on the contents of this specification.

(14) In the drawings, the size or and thickness of each component is expressed arbitrarily for clarity of illustration, but due to this, the protective scope of the present invention should not be interpreted narrowly.

(15) First, the present invention provides a lip sealing tape 100 for preventing a user's mouth from opening in daily life and during sleep, the lip sealing tape 100 inducing nasal respiration (breathing through a user's nose, hereinafter referred to as ‘nasal respiration’) to reduce oral respiration while promoting respiration. The lip sealing tape 100 characterized by simply adding a mouth-closing vector to prevent opening of a user's upper and lower lips, by means of horizontal and vertical adhesive tape portions, thereby minimizing the contact area with a user's facial skin when worn and thus minimizing discomfort due to stuffiness and maximizing safety when worn, while reducing manufacturing cost with a simple structure.

(16) In particular, the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention is configured as follows.

(17) That is, at least one connection adhesive tape portion 110 vertically or diagonally attached to a position passing over a user's upper and lower lips is provided.

(18) Further, a philtrum adhesive tape portion 120 located at an upper end of the connection adhesive tape portion 110 and horizontally attached to a position between a user's nose and the user's upper lip is provided.

(19) Further, a pogonion adhesive tape portion 130 located at a lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion 110 and horizontally attached on a horizontal line between a position below the point (B) and pogonion (Pog) is provided.

(20) Lastly, a menton adhesive tape portion 140 located at a lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion 110 horizontally attached on a horizontal line between the gnathion (Gn) and menton (Me) is provided.

(21) Here, a multi-use adhesive surface 150 adhered to a user's skin to be fixed and having proven skin safety is provided on a back surface of each of the respective adhesive tape portions.

(22) The adhesive surface 150 is made of a material that has proven skin safety and can be used repeatedly, so that in the case of severe oral respiration or excessive mandibular displacement, adhesive force is limited to a degree that does not cause skin damage.

(23) Further, a release film 160 being removably in contact with the adhesive surface 150 and protecting the adhesive surface 150 is provided.

(24) Further, the connection adhesive tape portion 110, the philtrum adhesive tape portion 120, the pogonion adhesive tape portion 130, and the menton adhesive tape portion 140 are provided integrally as a single body, or are provided separately.

(25) Further, it is preferable that the philtrum adhesive tape portion 120 and the connection adhesive tape portion 110 are formed in a “T” shape that integrally connects a horizontal line directly below a user's philtrum, and a vertical line from the philtrum to a position below a curvature point on a user's mandible.

(26) Further, it is preferable that the horizontal philtrum adhesive tape portion 120, pogonion adhesive tape portion 130, and menton adhesive tape portion 140 are attached to the vertical connection adhesive tape portion 110 at right angles to maintain accurate adhesive force.

(27) Further, it is preferable that the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention is custom-manufactured to fit a user's facial anatomy by 3D scanning and printing.

(28) The present invention may be variously modified and may have various forms in applying the above-described components.

(29) It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular forms mentioned in the detailed description above, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

(30) Operational effects of the lip sealing tape according to the present invention configured as described above will be described as follows.

(31) First, the present invention is characterized by simply adding a mouth-closing vector to prevent opening of the user's upper and lower, thereby assisting in moving a user's tongue forward and upward and thus forming a closed vector system of muscles of the entire body in daily life and during sleep, thereby increasing physical stability and promoting nasal respiration while promoting nasal hygiene.

(32) To this end, FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view illustrating the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention.

(33) FIG. 2 illustrates a front exemplary view illustrating a use state of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention.

(34) In order to use the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention, first, the release film 160 provided on the back surface of each of the adhesive tape portions is removed.

(35) Then, the philtrum adhesive tape portion 120 and the connection adhesive tape portion 110 are attached to positions above the user's upper lip and below the user's lower lip.

(36) That is, in the present invention, a “T”-shaped tape that integrally connects the horizontal line right below the user's philtrum, and the vertical line from the philtrum to the position below the curvature point on the user's mandible is attached. Here, the adhesive surface 150 provided on the back surface of each of the adhesive tape portions is adhered to the user's skin to be fixed, and is made of a material having proven skin safety.

(37) Then, the pogonion adhesive tape portion 130 that is horizontally attached on the horizontal line between the position below the point (B) (see FIG. 4) below and the pogonion (Pog) (see FIG. 4) is attached to the lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion 110.

(38) Subsequently, the menton adhesive tape portion 140 that is horizontally attached on the horizontal line between the gnathion (Gn) (see FIG. 4) and the menton (Me) (see FIG. 4) is attached to the lower end of the connection adhesive tape portion 110.

(39) FIG. 3 illustrates a comparison view illustrating a state before and after use of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention, from which it can be seen that a lot of changes have occurred compared to before use, as in the following X-ray photographs.

(40) The lip sealing tape 100 according the present invention described above is vertically attached along a running line of a mouth-closing muscle to close a superficial front line so that the superficial front line becomes a closed curve and thus the vector sum of the surface front line is zero.

(41) Further, in the present invention, the mouth-closing vector is added at the superficial front line to assist a vector that displaces the position of the user's tongue forward and upward, thereby forming a closed vector system of muscles of the entire body to form force equilibrium, thereby increasing physical stability, and changing a muscle vector forming a neutral zone in a physiological direction of each user over time.

(42) Further, in the present invention, the lip sealing tape serves to close a conception vessel, which is one of meridians in oriental medicine, so that closing the conception vessel contributes to increasing qi circulation throughout a user's body. Further, communication between the conception vessel and a governor vessel is promoted, which contributes to promoting qi circulation throughout the user's body.

(43) Further, in the present invention, a vertical adhesion range is limited to block a vector that pulls a tip of the user's nose downward, and block a vector that pulls the user's mandible downward backward by a large muscle such as sternocleidomastoid muscle located below a user's hyoid bone. Further, to increase positional stability of the connection adhesive tape portion 110, the horizontal line of the menton adhesive tape portion 140 has to be located above the menton so that the user's mandible can be pulled upward. When the horizontal line of the menton adhesive tape portion 140 is located below the menton, a vector that pulls the user's mandible downward is formed due to the influence of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is formed.

(44) On the other hand, in the present invention, the adhesive surface 150 made of a material that has proven skin safety and can be used repeatedly is used, so that in the case of severe oral respiration or excessive mandibular displacement, adhesive force is limited to the degree that does not cause skin damage thereby releasing adhesion. In this case, an initial adhesion time is short, but the adhesion time increases as the muscle vector forming the neutral zone is changed in the physiological direction.

(45) Further, in the present invention, a fluid passage from a user's nostrils and a user's alveoli is formed due to the influence of nasal respiration induced by the lip sealing tape 100, thereby forming a positive pressure by fluid in accordance with Bernoulli's law to form a vector that lifts a user's head and a user's thoracic cavity in the opposite direction of gravity (the opposite direction of gravity when lying down, the opposite direction of gravity when standing, which is the direction perpendicular to the earth's surface).

(46) Further, in the present invention, by inducing nasal respiration, oral respiration is gradually reduced.

(47) The lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention is custom-manufactured to fit a user's anatomy by 3D scanning and printing, thereby increasing mechanical stability of the lip sealing tape 100.

(48) Further, in the present invention, a vertical tape is connected from the user's philtrum to the user's hyoid bone with the user's upper and lower lips slightly rolled inward and closes the superficial front line in the running direction of muscle to give a vector to also close a deep front line, thereby forming a closed vector system of muscles of the entire body so that the vector sum is zero to increase physical stability.

(49) Further, in the present invention, the connection adhesive tape portion 110 (vertical adhesive tape portion) connected from the user's philtrum to the user's hyoid bone makes vectors of the superficial front line and the deep front line into closed curves to promote communication of the conception vessel in qi circulation in oriental medicine, thereby promoting communication between the conception vessel and the governor vessel.

(50) Further, in the present invention, the pogonion adhesive tape portion 130 and the menton adhesive tape portion 140, which are horizontal adhesive tape portions, are attached to the pogonion and menton to stabilize the T-shaped tape. Further, the position and number of the horizontal adhesive tape portions are changed as the magnitude of a patient's mouth-closing vector increases.

(51) As a result of the above effects, it can be seen that the condition of an actual patient is improved as follows.

(52) That is, FIG. 5 illustrates a view illustrating the use state of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention, illustrating the pogonion, philtrum, menton in front of the hyoid bone, and fascia line of the central hyoid bone.

(53) FIG. 6 illustrates a view illustrating X-ray photographs (front view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention.

(54) FIG. 7 illustrates a view illustrating X-ray photographs (side view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention.

(55) FIG. 8 illustrates a view illustrating X-ray photographs (side view) before and after the use of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention, illustrating a distance increase.

(56) FIG. 9 illustrates a view illustrating X-ray photographs illustrating a state of teeth before and after the use of the lip sealing tape 100 according to the present invention.

(57) Therefore, the present invention obtains the above-described effects, and provides the effect that allows people of all age group to comfortably breathe only through their nose.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(58) The technical idea of a lip sealing tape according to the present invention is that the same repeated results can be achieved in practice. In particular, the present invention can promote technological development, which contributes to industrial development, and thus the present invention is worth protecting.