US3195215A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-11-13
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Granted: 1965-07-20
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Expires: 1982-11-13
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles W Rector
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 13:43
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01N; A01N1/00; A01N1/10; A01N1/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
AN EXPRESSION FORMER FOR INSERTION BETWEEN THE LIPS AND THE TEETH AND GUMS OF A CORPSE, COMPRISING A THIN PLATE OF RESILIENT, LIMITEDLY FLEXIBLE, YET SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC MATERIAL, HAVING AN INHERENT FORM-SUSTAINING DOUBLE CURVATURE OVERALL TO FIT THE CURVATURE OF THE DENTAL ARCH, SAID PLATE FURTHER HAVING A MARGINAL SHAPE DEFINING A PAIR OF WING-LIKE PORTIONS AND A MEDIAL CONNECTING SECTION, AND A SIZE AND SHAPE TO EXTEND ALONG THE GUMS BEYOND THE LIPS AT ALL POINTS, SPURS ON SAID PLATE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MOUTH MUSCULATURE, AN UPPER PORTION OFFSET FORWARDLY OF A LOWER PORTION THEREOF AT LEAST IN THE MEDICAL SECTION, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS WALL CONNECTING SAID OFFSET PORTIONS THEREOF AT LEAST IN THE MEDIAL SECTION, TO DEFINE A TRANSVERSE BIT-INDENTATION RIDGE THEREBETWEEN EXTENDING ALONG THE LINE OF NONCONCLUSION OF THE FORWARD TEETH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
AN EXPRESSION FORMER FOR INSERTION BETWEEN THE LIPS AND THE TEETH AND GUMS OF A CORPSE, COMPRISING A THIN PLATE OF RESILIENT, LIMITEDLY FLEXIBLE, YET SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC MATERIAL, HAVING AN INHERENT FORM-SUSTAINING DOUBLE CURVATURE OVERALL TO FIT THE CURVATURE OF THE DENTAL ARCH, SAID PLATE FURTHER HAVING A MARGINAL SHAPE DEFINING A PAIR OF WING-LIKE PORTIONS AND A MEDIAL CONNECTING SECTION, AND A SIZE AND SHAPE TO EXTEND ALONG THE GUMS BEYOND THE LIPS AT ALL POINTS, SPURS ON SAID PLATE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MOUTH MUSCULATURE, AN UPPER PORTION OFFSET FORWARDLY OF A LOWER PORTION THEREOF AT LEAST IN THE MEDICAL SECTION, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS WALL CONNECTING SAID OFFSET PORTIONS THEREOF AT LEAST IN THE MEDIAL SECTION, TO DEFINE A TRANSVERSE BIT-INDENTATION RIDGE THEREBETWEEN EXTENDING ALONG THE LINE OF NONCONCLUSION OF THE FORWARD TEETH.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US2172252A
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-07-19 | 1973-01-18 | 1973-07-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-07-19 | 1977-01-18 | 1977-07-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |