Abstract: A dental device implantable in bone comprises a hollow cylinder which has an open end and a closed end with an outer surface between the ends. A plurality of shallow oblong-shaped grooves are formed into the surface near the closed end with the longitudinal axis of the grooves aligned to inhibit rotation of the device in the bone. Additionally, a shallow annular depression traversing each of the grooves is formed into the surface to inhibit vertical displacement of the device in the bone.

Abstract: A substantially rectangular body member molded of a resilient, chemically inert, synthetic material and defining a three sided enclosure has pivotally and swingably interconnected therewith a substantially rectangular cover member, the cover member being swingable between an overlying position with respect to the back of the body member and an overlying position with respect to the front of the body member to cover the enclosure. A base integrally formed with the body member and adapted to be securely placed against the scalp cooperates with a clamp bar swingable into clamping engagement against the body member base to secure selected strands of hair to be treated for frosting or streaking against the base. The clamp bar can be selectively pivotally connected to each end of the base member to accommodate for either left hand or right hand use of the clamp bar.

Abstract: A universal articulator for prosthodontic use includes upper and lower frames with respective horizontal branches. The rear end of the upper frame has inclined wings with slots. The front end of the lower frame has an incisal tray that is inclined. An incisal pin extends from the incisal tray to the upper frame. Articulator pins extend from the lower frame into the upper frame slots. The articulator pins are in different length pairs and the incisal pins are of different lengths and the pins are substituted for accomplishing adjustable spacing between the horizontal branches of the upper and lower frames which are held parallel and horizontal. A dental plaster supporting dental plate is removably supportable on and removable from one or each of the branches by an attachment element easily removed. Alternatively, dental plaster supporting retaining pins extend across the frames.

Abstract: A dental mirror is modified to provide an orange filter to block ultraviolet or blue light from a light source frequently used to cure plastic tooth filling materials. Various filter means are disclosed. Thus the glass of a dentist's hand held mirror may be colored orange or amber and the front surface may be a two-way mirror. Second, the clear glass of the mirror may be backed by a transparent plastic colored orange or amber, the front surface being a two-way mirror. Third, a bottomless mirror may be coated on its back surface with a chemical deposit which absorbs ultraviolet and blue light. These are some of several alternatives described. The mirror may be used in the same manner as conventional mirrors. When the dentist illuminates the ultraviolet lamp to cure plastic fillings, the filter is interposed between the light source and the eyes, preventing damage to the retinas which might otherwise occur.

Abstract: A hair treatment device consists of a thin flexible plastic strip provided with radiused ends and a row of apertures. In use, the strip is inserted under the bands of perm rods which are situated on the head of a user. The user's hair is wrapped around the perm rods and secured by the bands. By inserting the strip between the perm rod bands and the user's hair, the bands are lifted slightly from the hair. When permanent solution is applied to the hair, the hair tends to expand against the perm rod bands. The strip serves to release the tension of the bands from the hair, preventing the hair from breaking. The holes in the strip allow the permanent solution to freely penetrate to all areas of the hair.

Abstract: This brush, in particular for the application of mascara to the eyelashes, is constituted by a central elongate core which is surrounded at least partly by bristles radially implanted along longitudinal rows, one row of longer bristles whose ends constitute a ridge alternating with one row of shorter bristles. According to the invention, the ends of the bristles situated between two adjacent ridges are contained in a surface-envelope with a non-convex profile (flat or with a concave profile). During making up, the lashes are separated by the bristles of each ridge and they are charged with the make-up product coming from the regions situated between the ridges which can constitute, by an appropriate choice of the number of ridges (four in particular), a large application surface. The manufacture of such a brush is extremely simple since it suffices to effect a peripheral milling of a brush of the conventional type.

Abstract: A decorative baby hair piece has a decorative adornment of embroidered ribbon attached to a lace backing element or a large bow without the backing element and a hair lock attached with glue to the decorative adornment. The hair lock includes two elongated, flexible, plastic strips having ends laser welded together and opposite ends left open. The open ends facilitate positioning baby hair between opposing surfaces of the two strips. Elongated male and female flexible plastic elements having corresponding lock forming shapes are formed integrally with the two strips and coact when pressed together to form a zipper type lock. Thus, with baby hair positioned across the male and female locking elements and the plastic strips pressed together to zip lock the locking elements together, the hair and the strips are simultaneously locked together for securing the decorative baby hair piece to the baby's hair.

Abstract: A hair wrap device having a flat ductile resistive metallic member capable of retaining its coiled shape when coiled about a bundle of human hair. Such metallic member is arranged on a backing member of approximately equal thickness to that of the metallic member, and the side edges of the backing member are folded over onto the side thereof on which the metallic member is located creating a gap between the edges of the folded-over portions in which the metallic member is placed. Together the flat ductile metallic member and folded-over portions form a flat surface to which a decorative cover member is attached. To prevent folding-over of the backing member and decorative cover member about the ductile member and consequent loss of aesthetic appeal, especially in the configuration where the ductile member is a thin elongate strip, the backing member is of a material resilient to its flexure and having a memory.

Abstract: An elongated rod or stick of porous material with one end pointed and tufted to engage under finger or toe nails for cleaning same. The porous material is impregnated with agents such as suitable soaps, detergents, germicides and the like actuated when the tufted tip is wetted with water. Materials such as orange wood, balsa, paper and the like may be used to form the stick and the tufted end thereon.

Abstract: A disposable kitty litter box and bag assembly in which the box with litter is inside the bag. The bag wall is long enough be gathered together at the top and tied shut with the box and used kitty litter closed inside. The entire assembly is then disposed of together as a unit. The part of the bag wall which extends upwardly beyond the wall of the box inside is doubled back in folds and held in place by a band or other releasable retaining device until the litter has been used and the entire assembly is ready for disposal. At such time, the band is removed or separated to allow the folds of the bag wall to be unfolded and lifted above the box and litter for closing and tying shut.

Abstract: A flat, dental floss dispenser in a credit card format having a flat coil of floss in a well within the dispenser. A cutting blade is formed as a tab projecting from a plate which is supported on a step projecting from the well bottom inside a peripheral edge. Wall members project from the well bottom and surround at least a portion of the plate. The blade is a substantially U-shaped tab raised from the plate and forms two spaced acute angular intersections at its line of intersection with the plate, one being larger than the other. The larger functions to cut the floss, and the smaller to retain the cut end on the dispenser. The supply coil has a wrapping to assist in maintaining its integrity during manufacturing and in the dispensing process and the floss is withdrawn through the center of the coil.

Abstract: A toothbrush holder adapted for ease of packing and unpacking during travel, in which the travel receptacle functions as a drinking cup and which includes a lid having elements for retention of the toothbrush within the cup during travel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the attachment point of tissue to a tooth are provided. The apparatus comprises a body for insertion into the mouth which includes a datum surface for engagement with a location on a tooth. A probe is also provided on the body, which is moveable relative to the datum surface by way of a motor operable to control the movement of the probe in order to engage the probe with the tissue. A measuring device is also provided to measure the movement of the probe relative to the datum surface and an attitude sensing device is included to inhibit the operation of the measuring means upon movement of the body from a predetermined attitude. Furthermore, the motor includes a force control device to regulate the force applied to the probe so that the force is maintained at a predetermined value.

Abstract: A hair grooming device such as a comb, a heated hair styler or a curler having a moisture sensing device and an indicator, thereby allowing the user to control the dryness of the hair while styling or curling the hair.

Abstract: An orthodontic bracket having a horizontal archwire slot and wire-engaging surfaces for use in any treatment technique and coacting with an archwire and force generating means to produce tooth movement through crown tipping and root uprighting actions and for defining predetermined tip values. The bracket includes pivot edges for permitting pivotal movement between the bracket and the archwire, and a stop for limiting over-root-uprighting. It may also have a stop for limiting over-crown-tipping.

Abstract: A socket, which receives a tool having a cylindrical shaft and which is mounted for rotation to rotate the tool, has an outer sleeve which receives a clamping sleeve and a ram for engaging a first end of the clamping sleeve. The first end of the clamping sleeve is provided with slots defining resilient tongues which are moved from a clamping position radially outward to a position for releasing the shaft by engagement with the ram. The ram has either an outer conically tapered surface or partially conically outer tapered surfaces on projections which engage inner tapered surfaces of each of the tongues or fingers. Preferably, the tapers of the ram and fingers are selected so that only substantially a line contact is formed therebetween to reduce the force necessary to move the fingers or tongues radially outward to the declamping or disengaging position.

Abstract: A manicurist's bit for shaving away layers of an artificial fingernail. The bit comprises an elongated body portion having a right circular cross section, and has a plurality of angled knurls extending along the width of the body portion. In a preferred embodiment, one end of the body portion is concave. In operation, the bit is given a circular motion in the direction of the angle of the knurls, and is thereafter applied to the surface of the nail to be shaped. The bit shaves away portions of the fingernail, and can be used to shape the nail in the area near the cuticle, and can be used to shape the underside of the nail close to the finger tip.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an improved oral self inspection device that is versatile, inexpensive, and easy to use. The device consists of a small, cylindrical light source on which a small front primary or inspection mirror, a larger rear secondary or ocular mirror, and a cheek and tongue extender are mounted. Each of these implements is mounted at the end of an arm whose other end is rotatably and slideably mounted on the cylindrical light source. Each such arm is independently rotatable a full 360 degrees around the body of the cylindrical light source, such that the relative angular position between each of the implements is infinitely variable. Each of the arms is also independently slideable along the cylindrical light source, such that the relative separation between the implements can also be readily changed. The primary mirror may be attached to its mounting arm at a fixed angle, or the angle of tilt may be adjustable.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for cutting hair of a person with a toothed curve about nine inches long which becomes a template at fixed locations during hair cutting determining the length and shape of the cut and using an electric clipper to make all of the cuts using the curve back as a guide, the curve having a simple curvature arced relative to a centrally located axis parallel to and spaced from the axes of the teeth of the curve. Cutting on the concave or the convex face of the curve. Supplying a plurality of curves arced on different radiuses, the curves with lesser radiuses removing more weight of hair than curves with larger radiuses. Providing a variable speed control for the clipper and providing blades with more or less teeth per inch to provide in operations like feathering a blade with less teeth per inch driven at a lower speed. Adjacent tooth surfaces on the curve being roughened to grip hair.

Abstract: An anchoring device for dental prosthesis applicable to both the reconstruction of deteriorated teeth and as a support for artificial teeth. The anchoring device includes a T-shaped anchoring element having a flattened head or bracket pierced with a hole, and a cylindrical leg provided with parallel grooves. The anchoring element is fixed in a healthy tooth after preparation and drilling. The anchoring element forms an armature or framework for reconstructed tooth material, or provides support for a U-shaped beam made of austenitic steel wire cloth. The U-shaped beam receives artificial teeth thereon to bridge an interdental space. The U-shaped beam is prevented from pivoting by vertically staggering the T-shaped elements.