Adapter kit for dental model articulators
AssigneeNational Dentex, LLC
InventorsRyan A. Spanke, Michael J. Mandeville
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a dental model coupling portion and a base plate adapter coupling portion. The dental model coupling portion is configured to couple with a dental model. The base plate adapter coupling portion includes a body and a set of prongs extending from the body. The body is fixedly secured relative to the dental model coupling portion. The prongs are configured to removably secure the base plate adapter coupling portion to a base plate adapter of a dental model articulator. A base plate adapter includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side is configured to removably couple with the base plate adapter coupling portion. The second side is configured to removably couple with a dental model articulator.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a dental model coupling portion, the dental model coupling portion being configured to couple with a dental model;
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- (b) a base plate adapter coupling portion, the base plate adapter coupling portion including:
- (i) a body fixedly secured relative to the dental model coupling portion,
- (ii) a centering pin extending from the body, and
- (iii) a set of bayonet prongs extending from the body, the set of bayonet prongs being positioned inwardly from an outer perimeter of the body and radially around the centering pin, wherein each bayonet prong of the set of bayonet prongs is angularly separated around the centering pin from the other bayonet prongs of the set of bayonet prongs and configured to removably vertically secure the base plate adapter coupling portion to a base plate adapter of a dental model articulator.
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a dental model adapter, the dental model adapter including:
- (i) a dental model coupling portion, the dental model coupling portion being configured to couple with a dental model, and
- (ii) a base plate adapter coupling portion, the base plate adapter coupling portion including:
- (A) a body fixedly secured relative to the dental model coupling portion,
- (B) a centering pin extending from the body, and
- (C) a set of bayonet prongs extending from the body, the set of bayonet prongs being positioned radially around the centering pin, wherein each bayonet prong of the set of bayonet prongs is angularly separated around the centering pin from the other bayonet prongs of the set of bayonet prongs;
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- (b) a base plate adapter, the base plate adapter including:
- (i) a first side including a centering pin recess configured to concentrically receive the centering pin,
- (ii) a set of bayonet recesses positioned inwardly from an outer perimeter of the first side and radially around the centering pin recess, the bayonet recesses being configured to rotatably receive the bayonet prongs to thereby removably couple the base plate adapter with the dental model adapter, and
- (iii) a second side opposite the first side, the second side being configured to removably couple with a dental model articulator.
A kit, comprising:
- (a) a dental model adapter, the dental model adapter including:
- (i) a dental model coupling portion, the dental model coupling portion being configured to couple with a dental model, and
- (ii) a base plate adapter coupling portion, the base plate adapter coupling portion including:
- (A) a body fixedly secured relative to the dental model coupling portion, and
- (B) a set of bayonet prongs extending from the body;
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- (b) a plurality of base plate adapters, each base plate adapter including:
- (i) a first side including a set of bayonet recesses, the bayonet recesses being configured to receive the bayonet prongs to thereby removably couple the base plate adapter with the dental model adapter, and
- (ii) a second side opposite the first side, the second side being configured to removably couple with a dental model articulator, the bayonet recesses on the first side of each base plate adapter being configured identically to the bayonet recesses on the first side of the other base plate adapters such that the bayonet recesses on the first side of each base plate adapter are configured to couple with the bayonet prongs of the base plate adapter coupling portion, the second side of each base plate adapter being configured differently from the second side of the other base plate adapters to thereby complement different kinds of dental model articulators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.