Cover for dental handpiece bur
OwnerGene R. Hawkinventor
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Abstract
A cover for a dental handpiece end and a bur positioned thereon, the cover forms a resilient boot-like structure of generally L-shape having an enlarged leg portion with an open end adapted to engage the end of a dental handpiece and an open ended foot portion adapted to encompass a dental drill or bur on the handpiece end, the boot is split on a line extending from the foot portion open end to the enlarged leg open end on its inner surface to facilitate engagement with the handpiece.
Claims4
A cover for a dental handpiece end and a bur or other tool positioned thereon, which bur extends substantially at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the handpiece, comprising a tubular boot-like structure of generally L-shape, having an enlarged leg portion with an open end adapted to engage the end of a dental handpiece and an open ended smaller diameter foot portion adapted to encompass the handpiece end and a dental drill or bur positioned thereon, said structure being split on a line extending continuously from the foot portion open end to the enlarged leg open end on the inner surface of the L-shaped structure said structure having some resilience and flexibility to enable it to be sprung into and out of engagement with the handpiece end and tool thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.