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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence F Andrews, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
'A'-Company, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
32 1 / ;
Abstract
An orthodontic arch wire having a generally U-shaped configuration including a pair of legs that are generally symmetrical about a mid-point of the arch wire. Each of the legs is composed of a plurality of circular segments of varying radius wherein the point of transition between contiguous segments lies on a common line tangential to both segments.