Patents by Inventor Karen Leigh Neiner

Karen Leigh Neiner 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).

  • Adjustable dental prophylaxis angle with axialy shiftable adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 9717566
    Abstract: A dental prophylaxis angle having a tool head and a hand piece includes an adjustment mechanism, which allows the tool head to be angularly adjusted between a plurality of angular positions relative to the hand piece. The tool head is axially shiftable relative to the hand piece between a locked position and an adjustment position. In the locked position, the tool head is prevented from shifting angularly relative to the hand piece. In the adjustment position, the tool head may be selectively pivoted relative to the hand piece and thereby angularly adjusted. A spring may be provided to urge the tool head into the locked position at one or more of the angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HU-FRIEDY MFG. CO., LLC
    Inventors: James Christopher Stango, Charles Jerome Saslow, Rachel Calian Trautvetter, Karen Leigh Neiner, Steven Rodney Walding, Albert Anthony Schenk, III
  • ADJUSTABLE DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS ANGLE WITH AXIALY SHIFTABLE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160213445
    Abstract: A dental prophylaxis angle having a tool head and a hand piece includes an adjustment mechanism, which allows the tool head to be angularly adjusted between a plurality of angular positions relative to the hand piece. The tool head is axially shiftable relative to the hand piece between a locked position and an adjustment position. In the locked position, the tool head is prevented from shifting angularly relative to the hand piece. In the adjustment position, the tool head may be selectively pivoted relative to the hand piece and thereby angularly adjusted. A spring may be provided to urge the tool head into the locked position at one or more of the angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: James Christopher Stango, Charles Jerome Saslow, Rachel Calian Trautvetter, Karen Leigh Neiner, Steven Rodney Walding, Albert Anthony Schenk, III
  • Adjustable dental prophylaxis angle with rotating adjuster
    Patent number: 9259292
    Abstract: An adjustable dental prophylaxis angle includes an adjuster operatively coupled to a hand piece and a tool head such that the adjuster can rotate axially relative to the hand piece and to the tool head. The angle of the tool head relative to the hand piece may be adjusted by rotating the adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HU-FRIEDY MFG. CO., LLC
    Inventors: James Christopher Stango, Charles Jerome Saslow, Rachel Calian Trautvetter, Karen Leigh Neiner, Steven Rodney Walding, Albert Anthony Schenk, III