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US 11,432,984 B2Granted
Dental tool holder
OwnerKristen Hanlan, Samantha Henkeinventors
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Abstract
A dental tool holder includes a body having a front wall. The front wall includes a magnetic material. The dental tool holder further includes a coupler. The coupler releasably secures the body to a dental stand or a dental chair. When in use, a dentist, dental hygienist, or a dental assistant may dock the dental tools onto the dental tool holder by placing the dental tool within a magnetic proximity of the front wall. The magnetic attraction between the front wall and the dental tool releasably retains the dental tool to the dental tool holder.
Claims13
A dental tool holder comprising:
- a body comprising a front wall, a bottom wall, a first side, a second side, and a top wall;
- the front wall comprising a magnetic material configured to releasably retain at least one dental tool by a magnetic attraction;
- a coupler configured to releasably secure the body to at least one of a dental stand and a dental chair;
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- a collar magnetically attracted to the front wall, wherein the collar comprises a sleeve having a continuous outer periphery of a plurality of facets, and wherein an inner periphery of the sleeve is configured to removably couple to a handle of the at least one dental tool, wherein the coupler is disposed at the first side and comprises a tube-shaped body having a circular outer edge comprising a plurality of teeth configured to interlock with a rod coupler of the dental chair, wherein a front surface of the front wall comprises a concave curve running from the first side to the second side, wherein a front surface of the front wall comprises a plurality of ridges defining recesses therebetween, and wherein each facet of the plurality of facets is dimensioned to be disposed between two adjacent ridges of the plurality of ridges.
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A method of docking at least one dental tool comprising:
- providing a dental tool holder comprising a body comprising a front wall, the front wall comprising a magnetic material;
- providing a collar magnetically attracted to the front wall, wherein the collar comprises a sleeve having a continuous outer periphery of a plurality of facets;
- removably coupling an inner periphery of the sleeve to a handle of a dental tool;
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- releasably attaching a dental tool to the front wall of the body by placing the sleeve within a magnetic proximity of the front wall, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one of a magnetic material and a ferrous material that is magnetically attracted to the magnetic material of the front wall,
- wherein a front surface of the front wall comprises a plurality of alternating ridges and recesses, and
- wherein each facet of the plurality of facets is dimensioned to be disposed between two adjacent ridges of the plurality of alternating ridges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.