Patents by Inventor Paul Kenneth Clark, JR.

Paul Kenneth Clark, JR. 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: 10456221
    Abstract: A force damping dental bridge assembly which damps compressive, tensile, and lateral forces on a prosthetic tooth and jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane. Multiple layers of arcuate components and Morse taper interconnections secure the assembly. A threaded implant that penetrates the jawbone defining a tapered, conical inner cavity which receives a shank protruding downwardly from a full bar. An arcuate damping membrane positions on the bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10456222
    Abstract: A method of damping compressive, tensile, and lateral compressive and tensile forces on one or more prosthetic teeth and an implant recessed into jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane within a dental bridge assembly. An arcuate damping membrane positions on a full bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190000597
    Abstract: A method of damping compressive, tensile, and lateral compressive and tensile forces on one or more prosthetic teeth and an implant recessed into jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane within a dental bridge assembly. An arcuate damping membrane positions on a full bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190000596
    Abstract: A force damping dental bridge assembly which damps compressive, tensile, and lateral forces on a prosthetic tooth and jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane. Multiple layers of arcuate components and Morse taper interconnections secure the assembly. A threaded implant that penetrates the jawbone defining a tapered, conical inner cavity which receives a shank protruding downwardly from a full bar. An arcuate damping membrane positions on the bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190000595
    Abstract: A Morse taper dental implant providing two or more Morse taper interactions to secure a dental abutment within an implant and beneath a prosthesis. The implant (or anchor) penetrates the jawbone. The abutment having a conical male Morse taper component positions within a female socket forming part of a prosthesis. The abutment comprises an abutment platform from which a conical male Morse taper component extends for creating a second Morse taper interaction with a female socket. At least one aperture forms in the female socket to enable an implement to pass through for engaging the abutment, so as to release the Morse taper interaction(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, JR.