Patents by Inventor Nancy Yee

Nancy Yee 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).

  • Publication number: 20190343600
    Abstract: An improved dental bur caddy with a body portion slidably and rotatably connected to a handle portion. The body portion includes a top portion having a plurality of bur holders and the handle portion is concave to cover the top portion. The handle portion is slidable between an open and a closed configuration, and is rotatable between a first position above the top portion, and a second position, wherein in the second position, the handle portion forms a stand configured to hold the top portion in an orientation selected by a user. The apparatus preferably includes a plurality of handle portals in the handle member, wherein each of the plurality of handle portals is configured for viewing a dental bur in each of the bur holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Nancy Yee
  • Patent number: 5108287
    Abstract: An autoclavable container for drill bits and/or burs comprising a narrow rectangular block having vertical orifices extending partially downwardly from its upper face, and a U-shaped cover having a pair of legs extending downwardly from a transverse member to slidably encompass the end walls of the block and a pair of orifices side shields extending downwardly from the transverse member and spaced apart from each other to house the heads of the drill bits and/or burs extending upwardly from the block orifices, each of the end walls of the block having a boss or projection, and each of the inner walls of the legs having a pair of interconnected recesses adopted to receive the boss or projection in the end wall of the block so that the block may be moved from a first upper position secured within the cover, to a second lower position at which it may be pivoted outwardly to a third position providing access to the block orifices for insertion or removal of the burs or drill bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Inventors: Nancy Yee, Yasuo Otake