# US 11,076,934 B2 · Dental tool assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,076,934 B2 - Document ID: US11076934B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/261,170 - Filed: 2019-01-29 - Published: 2019-08-01 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-29 - Applicants: Sami Maassarani - Inventors: Sami Maassarani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11076934B2 ## CPC - A61C 3/162: {acting by leverage} - A61C 7/023: {for debonding or removing orthodontic devices} - A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00) ## Abstract A handling device for a dental tool having a) a body having an elongated shape configured to receive a prying load from an operator; and b) one or more receptacles through the body configured to retain at least a portion of a dental tool and allow an engagement portion of the dental tool to project therefrom substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body; wherein the engagement portion is adapted to contact a portion of a dental covering along only one of a facial side or a lingual side of the dental covering and by being wedged between a gum-line and the dental covering; and wherein the one or more receptacles are configured to transfer the prying load from the body to the engagement portion of the dental tool. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A handling device for a dental tool comprising: a) a body having an elongated shape configured to receive a prying load from an operator; b) one or more receptacles through the body configured to retain at least a portion of the dental tool and allow an engagement portion of the dental tool to project therefrom substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body; wherein the one or more receptacles include a load applying portion cavity configured to receive a load applying portion of the dental tool by having a shape substantially reciprocal to the load applying portion of the dental tool; wherein the one or more receptacles include an intermediate portion cavity configured to receive a intermediate portion of the dental tool by having a shape substantially reciprocal to the intermediate portion of the dental tool; wherein the one or more receptacles include an engagement portion cavity configured to receive a engagement portion of the dental tool by having a shape substantially reciprocal to the engagement portion of the dental tool; wherein the dental tool includes the load applying portion connected to the engagement portion via the intermediate portion, and the intermediate portion is transverse to both the load applying portion and the engagement portion; wherein the engagement portion is adapted to contact a portion of a dental covering along only one of a facial side or a lingual side of the dental covering and by being wedged between a gum-line and the dental covering; and wherein the one or more receptacles are configured to transfer the prying load from the body to the engagement portion of the dental tool. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more receptacles have a shape substantially reciprocal with a profile of the dental tool. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The handling device of claim 1, wherein the load applying portion cavity is substantially parallel to the engagement portion cavity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The handling device of claim 3, wherein the body is substantially rod shaped and straight. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The handling device of claim 4, wherein the dental tool is located within the one or more receptacles and the dental tool has an interference fit, friction fit, snap fit, or combination thereof with the one or more receptacles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The handling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more receptacles include a stop wall adapted to limit movement of the dental tool within the one or more receptacles by abutting to one or more lateral ends of the dental tool; and wherein the stop wall extends across the one or more receptacles from one surface opposing another surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The handling device of claim 6, wherein the stop wall is substantially continuous with an exterior surface of the body, is located within the one or more receptacles, or both. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The handling device of claim 1, wherein the dental tool includes: i) the load applying portion which is adapted to rest upon an adjacent surface relative to the dental covering; ii) the intermediate portion which is integral with and adjacent to both the engagement portion and the load applying portion to bridge the load applying portion and the engagement portion; iii) the engagement portion which tapers to a smaller thickness toward one or more lateral ends, wherein the one or more lateral ends are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handling device; and wherein a width of the intermediate portion is smaller than a width of both the load applying portion and the engagement portion. ### Claim 9 A dental tool assembly comprising: a) a handling device having: i) a body having an elongated shape configured to receive a prying load from an operator; ii) one or more receptacles through the body which pass from one exterior surface to an opposing exterior surface; b) one or more dental tools, each having: i) a load applying portion which is adapted to rest upon an adjacent surface relative to a dental covering; ii) an engagement portion which tapers to a smaller thickness toward one or more lateral ends and adapted to contact a portion of the dental covering along only one of a facial side or a lingual side of the dental covering and by being wedged between a gum-line and the dental covering; iii) an intermediate portion which is integral with and adjacent to both the engagement portion and the load applying portion to bridge the load applying portion and the engagement portion, wherein a width of the intermediate portion is smaller than a width of both the load applying portion and the engagement portion, and wherein the intermediate portion is transverse to both the engagement portion and the intermediate portion; and wherein the one or more dental tools are located within the one or more receptacles, and the one or more receptacles are configured to transfer the prying load from the body to the engagement portion of the dental tool. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The dental tool assembly of claim 9, wherein the one or more receptacles have a shape reciprocal with a profile of the one or more dental tools. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The dental tool assembly of claim 10, wherein the one or more dental tools have a friction fit, snap fit, interference fit, or combination thereof with the one or more receptacles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The dental tool assembly of claim 9, wherein the one or more receptacles include a load applying portion cavity reciprocal with the load applying portion of the one or more dental tools and in which the load applying portion is located. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The handling device of claim 12, wherein the one or more receptacles include an intermediate portion cavity reciprocal with the intermediate portion of the one or more dental tools and in which the intermediate portion is located. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The handling device of claim 13, wherein the one or more receptacles include an engagement portion cavity reciprocal with the engagement portion of the one or more dental tools and in which the engagement portion is located. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The handling device of claim 14, wherein the one or more receptacles include a stop wall adapted to limit movement of the one or more dental tools within the one or more receptacles by abutting to one or more lateral ends of the one or more dental tools. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The handling device of claim 15, wherein the stop wall is substantially continuous with an exterior surface of the body, is located within the one or more receptacles, or both. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The handling device of claim 16, wherein the stop wall is located in the intermediate portion cavity. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The handling device of claim 15, wherein the stop wall extends across the one or more receptacles from one surface opposing another surface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The handling device of claim 14, wherein the one or more lateral ends reside outside of the engagement portion cavity and are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) The handling device of claim 9, wherein the body is substantially rod shaped and straight.