Patents Assigned to DentCraft Tools Limited Partnership
  • Patent number: 10022762
    Abstract: A dent repair system may have a gear with a body that has first and second end surfaces on opposite sides of a cylindrical shaped portion. A retention ring can continuously extend around the periphery of the cylindrical shaped portion between the first and second end surfaces with the retention ring having a sidewall that continuously extends from the cylindrical shaped portion in a radial direction with respect to the body. A tool may continuously extend from the body via a shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Dentcraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Sidney Quinn Emmert
  • Patent number: 8776643
    Abstract: A tool may be configured, in various embodiments, with a handle capable of housing house a gear in an aperture. The gear can have at least a predetermined number of facets and an orbital ring. A securing feature can have a first notch that is adapted to engage the orbital ring to allow rotational movement while securing the gear within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: DentCraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Sonya Emmert
  • Publication number: 20130239756
    Abstract: A tool may be configured, in various embodiments, with a handle capable of housing house a gear in an aperture. The gear can have at least a predetermined number of facets and an orbital ring. A securing feature can have a first notch that is adapted to engage the orbital ring to allow rotational movement while securing the gear within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: DENTCRAFT TOOLS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Sonya Emmert
  • Patent number: 8297809
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Dentcraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Sidney Quinn Emmert
  • Patent number: 8297780
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Dentcraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Sidney Quiinn Emmert, Sonya Emmert, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8172421
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: DentCraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Sidney Quinn Emmert
  • Publication number: 20120063127
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: DentCraft Tools Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Sidney Quinn Emmert, Sonya Emmert
  • Publication number: 20120000034
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: DENTCRAFT TOOLS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Sidney Quiinn Emmert