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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:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan H Hulsink, Michigan City, IN (US);
Assignee:
TP Orthodontics, Inc., Westville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433-6 ;
Abstract
An orthodontic appliance of the type normally referred to as a retainer for retention of teeth moved during a period of orthodontic treatment, wherein the retainer is made of acrylic sections or plates interconnected by resilient wire where at least one posterior lingual section is flexible relative to the anterior section to aid in the fabrication and placement of the appliance.