Abstract: An orthodontic implant comprised of one or two bony attachments, and, if there are two, one is smaller and affixed to the opposite end of the emerging portion, while the other utilizes a screw placed through an aperture. The smaller affixed portion is a tapered tac with the opposite emerging portion receiving an “O” ring removable cap onto which an adjustable rod can be contoured as needed after the implant has been affixed to bone.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 20, 2006
Date of Patent:
December 29, 2009
Inventors:
John Devincenzo, Craig Jacobson, Steven O. Luse
Abstract: A device for removing canine fecal matter includes a lobed knob connected by concentric tubes to a dual housing, the inner of which holds a set of panels that are opened or closed by the linear movement of the smaller tube in combination with a panel actuating ring affixed to the inner shaft. The panels are extended by holding the larger tube and pushing the knob toward the panel housing. When a release button is actuated, the panels close around the fecal matter and, with the panels closed, a protective collection bag is secured by a clamp on the outer housing. With the collection bag inside the cavity formed by the closed panels. The knob can be rotated in either direction to turn the collection bag which causes the collection bag to pull away from the clamp for the purpose of disposal.
Abstract: Excavator bucket cleaning apparatus having an action plate hingedly interconnected to the interior of the bucket with a cable attached at one end to the excavator boom and, at the other end, to the free end of the action plate so that rotation of the bucket outwardly causes the cable to tighten and swing the action plate outwardly of the bucket about the hinge.
Abstract: An orthodontic bone anchor includes a bone plate, a narrow extension extending from one end of the bone plate, a cap enveloping the extension, and a pair of arms extending outwardly from the cap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 27, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2009
Inventors:
John DeVincenzo, Craig Jacobson, Steven O. Luse
Abstract: A shrimp peeling, deveining and head removal tool including a pair of handles pivoted together and urged apart by a compression spring, an upper blade attached to lower handle and a lower blade pivoted to both handles with the ends of the blades of substantially of the same configuration and disposed in close proximity one within the other when the handles are compressed, and a pair of tines extending, respectively, from the upper handle and the upper blade and being in contact substantially the entire length thereof when the handles are not compressed.