Interproximal articulation holder
AssigneeMicrocopy, Ltd.
InventorsAnthony Silvestri, Emily Brayman
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Abstract
An interproximal articulation holder (10) has an arm (12) having a handle (11) at one end and an oppositely disposed holding head (16). The holding head is part of a marking portion (13) which also includes a piece of articulation film (18) having a generally rectangular shaped exposed area (18″) extending beyond the holding head (16). The arm or holding head may include a score or score line (19) which enables the arm or head to be manually bent at an angle. This arm may also include forming notches (20) to aid in the bending process. The handle, arm and holding head may be formed of two or more outer layers of stock paper (21) laminated together with an inner layer of the wax coated articulation film positioned or sandwiched between the stock paper layers.
Claims24
An interproximal articulation holder comprising:
- an elongated handle having a gripping portion and a holding head oppositely disposed from said gripping portion, and
- a length of articulation film coupled to said holding head, said length of articulation film having an exposed portion with an exposed end edge located distally from said holding head and at least one exposed side edge extending between said holding head and said exposed end edge.
An interproximal articulation holder comprising:
- an elongated handle having at least two handle layers, and
- a length of articulation film having an embedded portion positioned between at least of portion of said at least two handle layers and an exposed portion extending outwardly from said handle.
An interproximal articulation holder comprising:
- an elongated handle having a gripping portion and a terminating edge located distally said gripping portion, and
- a length of articulation film coupled to said elongated handle at said terminating edge, said length of articulation film having an exposed end edge oppositely disposed from said terminating edge of said elongated handle and two oppositely disposed, exposed side edges extending between said terminating edge of said elongated handle and said exposed end edge of said articulation film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.