Patents Assigned to Ranir/DCP Corporation
  • Publication number: 20110086329
    Abstract: An oral care agent delivery device is provided which comprises a permanently deformable backing layer, an oral care layer, and a non-woven binding material with a first part that is substantially invested in the oral care layer and a second part that is substantially invested in the backing layer. The device is sized to fit over a plurality of teeth in an upper or lower dental arch of a subject. The oral care layer comprises at least one oral care agent and at least one hydrophilic polymer. When hydrated, the oral care layer has an adhesiveness relative to the surface of a user's teeth that is sufficient to retain the device on the user's teeth when placed thereon. The device can also have an oral care agent which is activated on hydration of the oral care layer, or an oral care layer which releases the oral care agent over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian L. Faasse, Steven Richard Klemm, Glen Edward Groeneweg, Alan Gene Thelen
  • Publication number: 20060099550
    Abstract: An oral care agent delivery device is provided which comprises a permanently deformable backing layer, an oral care layer, and a non-woven binding material with a first part that is substantially invested in the oral care layer and a second part that is substantially invested in the backing layer. The device is sized to fit over a plurality of teeth in an upper or lower dental arch of a subject. The oral care layer comprises at least one oral care agent and at least one hydrophilic polymer. When hydrated, the oral care layer has an adhesiveness relative to the surface of a user's teeth that is sufficient to retain the device on the user's teeth when placed thereon. The device can also have an oral care agent which is activated on hydration of the oral care layer, or an oral care layer which releases the oral care agent over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Faasse, Steven Klemm, Glen Groeneweg, Alan Thelen
  • Patent number: 5465449
    Abstract: A brush, particularly a denture brush particularly advantageous for persons of limited or diminished dexterity, comprising an elongated handle having a front, a back and a pair of sides, a bristle head on one end of the handle, the handle having a narrowed neck joining the bristle head to the remainder of the handle, having a narrowed distal end and having a bulbous enlarged central portion between the narrowed neck and the narrowed distal end, a tapered juncture between the narrowed neck and the bristle head, forming a sloped front zone and a sloped back zone, both having finger tip or thumb tip receiving depressions therein, the bristle head having a front bristle face including bristles therein generally normal to the sloped back zone, and having a rear bristle face including bristles therein generally normal to the sloped front zone, the sloped front zone and back zone having a friction material in the depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Lewkowicz
  • Patent number: 5190200
    Abstract: An integral recyclable dental floss package/container/dispenser, and a blank therefor, having an integral structure of one-piece, biodegradable material, preferably paperboard, there being a hang tab integral with extending upwardly from, and separable from, the back panel. The top closure has an inner panel extending rearwardly from the fornt panel, having a floss dispensing orifice and cutter, and an outer top cover panel extending forwardly from the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Gary M. Hammerlund
  • Patent number: D512224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Christopher D. Bryan
  • Patent number: D525392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Scott Philip Crossman
  • Patent number: D462528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Carin Ellen Cali, Bernard Coopersmith
  • Patent number: D464799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Carin Ellen Cali, Bernard Coopersmith
  • Patent number: D467432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: John Louis Callendrille, Jr.
  • Patent number: D475200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Carin Ellen Cali, Bernard Coopersmith
  • Patent number: D475532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Carin Ellen Cali, Bernard Coopersmith
  • Patent number: D480877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Philip Crossman, Carin Ellen Cali, Bernard Coopersmith
  • Patent number: D364275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Lewkowicz
  • Patent number: D375205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Lewkowicz
  • Patent number: D429888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Coopersmith, Thomas W. Groner