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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John DeVincenzo, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 ;
Abstract
Orthodontic attachment means according to this invention comprises a ram which is an integral part of a plunger assembly, the ram being movable by means of a spring, a slotted cylinder rotatably attached to the ram, an aperture formed in the slotted cylinder, slot formed in the slotted cylinder and extending from the aperture, a base interconnected to a patient's teeth, a sphere integrally joined to the base by means of a neck, the sphere being dimensionally configured so as to be passable through the aperture, and the neck being slidable within the slot so as to interconnect the base and the slotted cylinder.