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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:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Eric D. Hannapel, Middleville, MI (US);
David Gerard Jablonski, Alto, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric D. Hannapel, Middleville, MI (US);
David Gerard Jablonski, Alto, MI (US);
Assignee:
Orvance Technologies, LLC, Alto, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/12 (2006.01); A63B 71/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/085 (2013.01); A63B 2209/10 (2013.01); A61C 7/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A protective shield is removably mounted over an orthodontic appliance in a user's mouth and includes an outer resilient compressible material layer joined to an inner adhesive layer. The shield is flexible for easy installation over all exposed surfaces of the orthodontic appliance; but is removable after a period of use. The outer resilient material layer of the shield can be formed of closed cell foam or a gelatinous material.