Patents Examined by Adriene Lepiane
  • Patent number: 4913173
    Abstract: The strengthening of a finger or toe nail includesproviding a package that includes a fabric layer to be applied to the nail, and a flexible plastic overlay sheet that includes a first portion positioned in overlying relation to a first part of the fabric layer and a second portion retained to a second part of the fabric layer,positioning the package to apply the first part of the fabric layer onto the nail and in the presence of liquid adhesive adjacent the first part of the fabric layer,and rubbing that first portion of the plastic layer against and relative to the first part of the fabric layer, thereby to smooth the first part of the fabric layer on the nail causing the adhesive to smoothly bond that first part of the fabric layer to the nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: International Beauty Distributors, Inc.
    Inventors: Yosh Hokama, Luis Romero
  • Patent number: 4807651
    Abstract: The dental debris remover includes a rigid sickle-shaped frame, a puller and a floss string member. The floss string member is formed in an endless loop to create a variety of configurations for more effective cleaning and to achieve quick attachment to the frame handle notches on one side and to the puller hooks on the other side. The end of the frame bending towards the handle has a soft hygienic external layer or coating. The device is designed to perform two main functions, between the teeth cleaning and under fixed denture cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Inventor: Abram Naydich
  • Patent number: 4743199
    Abstract: In a method and a tooth brush for removing plaque from teeth and gums, the mixture of ozone with air of a predetermined ozone concentration is fed into the oral cavity through tubular bristles, provided on the surface of the tooth brush, from a source of the ozone-air mixture. The ozone-air mixture is distributed simultaneously with a dentifrice containing solid particles through which undesired high ozone concentration at spots outside a target spot in the oral cavity is neutralized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Inventors: Anette Weber, Hans G. Weber