Material holding apparatus with integrated finger mount
OwnerCharles L. Bullinventor
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Abstract
A material holding apparatus comprising a receptacle and an integrated finger mount. A lip or groove is circumferentially added to disposable plastic cups used in the dental profession. The receptacle preferably includes projections which mate by snap fit with either the lip or groove of the disposable cups. The finger mount is made of a flexible material and is made with two arms extending from the base of the receptacle, arcing to form a ring. The ends of the arms approach one another, bur remain flexible so as to fit a wide variety of finger sizes. Alternatively, a single band may be used as the finger mount. With either embodiment, the finger mount is slipped over the finger of the use, usually a dental professional.
Claims7
A material holding apparatus comprising:
- a base with an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a receptacle with a projecting side wall extending upward from the upper surface of said base;
- a finger mount extending from the lower surface of said base;
- said finger mount sized to fit over a human finger;
- a cup matingly received by said receptacle;
- a plurality of projections extending from the side wall of said receptacle;
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- a lip circumferentially disposed about said cup in a position to snap fit under said projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.