Providing many more people with a great night’s sleep.

 The standard neoprene chin straps dont work, because they wrap around the tip of the chin and push towards the point on the head farthest from the tip of the chin, push the jaw almost directly into the jaw joint and therefore produce almost no useful “torque” on the jaw. This means that the majority of the force applied by standard neoprene chin straps is ineffective in keeping the jaw closed and only contributes to discomfort, and can possibly even damage the jaw joint. Prototyping first using baseball caps, we endeavored to create a chin strap that would produce a more vertical force so as to work with the natural rotation of the jaw. We soon realized that a cap which extends lower at the back of the head is necessary to prevent the vertical force of the strap from rotating the device forward and loosening the lift provided by the strap. The next series of prototypes were made using knit caps. Upon experimenting with straps of a variety of elasticities, we realized that the best features of highly elastic straps and less elastic straps could be obtained by using two straps, one elastic and one non-elastic. 

Furthermore, using both an elastic strap and a non-elastic strap allows the force to be a non-linear function of jaw-gap distance and this, compounded with the more vertical lift, allows the strap pressure to be made very small while still being effective at keeping the jaw closed. After eight months of testing and dozens of tweaks and refinements,  we had optimized the basic design for comfort and effectiveness. 

Our Team

Edwin Manzano - Vice President 

Rosy Garcia - Director Of Operations

Jose Xon - Master Tailor

Julio Yaxon - Tailor

Ruth Garcia - Tailor