Patents by Inventor Mary E. Hoye

Mary E. Hoye has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5232370
    Abstract: A dental teaching toy for children having structure including an artificial upper artificial gums, artificial baby teeth, and artificial adult molars (for which there are no earlier and corresponding baby teeth). Also included is at least one removable artificial baby tooth having a crown, and an artificial adult tooth having a crown and a root, the adult tooth positioned within a channel in the artificial gum wherein the removable baby tooth is removably attached to the crown of the adult tooth. The removable baby tooth can be manually replaced by the adult tooth by placing a finger through a proximal opening in the artificial gum and pushing on the root of the adult tooth, thereby pushing the crown of the adult tooth through a distal opening in the gum, thereby pushing the baby tooth out from the gum and can be removably detached from the adult tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Inventor: Mary E. Hoye