Quick-release mechanism for orthodontic headgear assembly

A quick-release mechanism for an orthodontic headgear assembly including a facebow, a harness for mounting on the head and/or neck of a patient and a traction force device attached to the facebow for applying a traction force, where the quick-release mechanism is operatively interposed between the traction force device and an adjacent end of the harness, the quick-release mechanism comprising:

• a. a connecting member having a plate and a multiplicity of spaced apart gripping hooks integrally formed with and extending away from the plate, the plate for attachment to the adjacent end of the harness, the multiplicity of spaced apart gripping hooks all being alternatively offset from each other;
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• b. a bracket member for adapting to the traction force device and having two spaced apart horizontal parallel arms and a vertical rod integrally attached between the two parallel arms such that said multiplicity of spaced apart gripping hooks of said connecting member are engageably snapped onto the vertical rod, and can be released from the vertical rod by pulling the bracket member and said connecting member apart from each other at a predetermined force;
• c. whereby said quick-release mechanism is used for facilitating the release of the harness from the traction force device, and thereby facilitates the removal of the orthodontic headgear assembly.