摘要 |
A thumb sucking deterrent device that includes a cloth palm cover structure having a palm chamber formed therein for receiving the palm of a hand, the palm cover structure including an insertion opening and a finger extension opening in connection with the palm chamber; a thumb shield structure having a thumb receiving chamber formed therein and in connection with the palm chamber of the palm cover structure that is constructed of a terry cloth fabric having at least one surface covered with a plurality of outwardly extending terry cloth loops, the plurality of terry cloth loops extending outwardly, the thumb shield structure having a tip portion at a terminal end thereof; and an anti-sucking latex rubber coating covering the tip portion of the thumb shield structure, the anti-sucking latex rubber coating be applied in a manner such that the latex rubber coating covers a second plurality of terry cloth loops covering the tip portion to form a third plurality of sucking deterrent protrusions, each sucking deterrent protrusion including at least one terry cloth loop of the third plurality of terry cloth loops that is covered with a latex rubber coating. The thumb sucking deterrent method includes the step of providing three pairs of the thumb sucking deterrent device of the present invention and the step of maintaining one of the three pairs of thumb sucking deterrent devices on the hands of the child at all times.
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