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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley E Mayer, Middle Town, NY (US);
Assignee:
Coltene/Whaledent, Inc., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422300 ; 422297 ; 206369 ; 206370 ; 206438 ;
Abstract
A tray having a pair of stamped instrument racks includes a pair of side walls which taper transversely and longitudinally toward each other at their opposite ends. The tapered ends form wedge-like extensions which lead into a pair of rounded end walls. The tapered ends and rounded end walls form a chisel shaped profile which facilitates insertion of the tray into an autoclave bag. A spring-actuated retainer is operable with one hand to secure or release a plurality of instruments held in the racks.