US 5,230,622 AGranted

Articulated mirror attachment for dental suction tips

OwnerA. Douglas Brossoitinventor

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Abstract

An attachment is provided for releasably and adjustably mounting a mirror to a dental suction tip. The attachment includes a collar that will spring clip to the suction tip along the length dimension thereof and will permit both axial and rotational positioning of the attachment on the suction tip. A stud shaft extends from the collar to a first ball joint at one end of an extension arm. The other end of the extension arm includes a second ball joint which is connected to a mirror by a short stub shaft. The stub shaft is mounted to a marginal edge portion of a mirror backing which is crimped over the peripheral edge of the mirror plate. The mirror can be selectively positioned about the pivot points of the ball joints and suction tip to selectively orient the mirror in relation to the suction tip, and to afford a holder, a reflected view of a desired area within a dental patient's mouth.

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An articulated mirror attachment for dental suction tips, comprising:

a dental suction tip mounting collar formed about a dental suction tip axis and adapted to be slidably mounted to a dental suction tip for selective sliding movement thereon and rotation about said dental suction tip axis;
said collar having substantially cylindrical inner and outer surfaces and opposed ends;
a stud having a stud end and having a stud shaft projecting from said outer cylindrical surface of the dental suction tip mounting collar near one of said opposed ends to so that said stud shaft is angled in relation to said dental suction tip axis, such that the stud end is oriented toward the other opposed collar end;
a mirror;
an extension arm having opposed ends;
first ball joint means mounting one end of the extension arm to the stud end, for permitting pivotal movement of the extension arm and collar relative to one another through an arc about a first center point;
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second ball joint means mounting the remaining end of the extension arm to the mirror, for permitting pivotal movement of the extension arm and mirror relative to one another about a second center point.

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