Patents by Inventor Scott Mullaly
Scott Mullaly 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).
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Patent number: 11207159Abstract: A fixed, detachable dental attachment device has a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Scott Mullaly
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Publication number: 20170049540Abstract: A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventor: Scott Mullaly
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Patent number: 9517114Abstract: A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Scott Mullaly
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Patent number: 9486300Abstract: A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device having a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Christopher Michael Gervais, James Irwin Johnson, Richard Robert Allen, Theodore Matthew Powell
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Patent number: 9452029Abstract: A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Christopher Michael Gervais, James Irwin Johnson, Richard Robert Allen, Theodore Matthew Powell
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Patent number: 9314318Abstract: A dental anchor apparatus having a one or two part endosseous implant securable in a patient's mouth and a retention member which is releasably engageable with the implant. The implant has an abutment head at one end and a threaded post projecting from the head and designed for threaded engagement in the jaw bone, the head having an outer locating surface portion. The retention member is generally cupshaped with a first end and a peripheral skirt extending from the first end to form a cavity, the skirt having an inner locating surface which is engaged over the outer locating surface portion of the head. The head may also have a socket in which a post extending from an inner end of the retention member engages as the parts are moved into releasable snap engagement.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul T. Zuest
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Patent number: 9179989Abstract: An O-ring insertion tool is disclosed herein which holds and inserts an O-ring into a cap for releasably securing a dental appliance to, for example, a dental attachment assembly secured in the mouth of a patient. The tool contains a driver having a central portion and at least one end portion with resilient prongs designed to push an O-ring through a bore in a bushing sleeve sized at one end to match the entrance of the cap. The bore has a tapered, frustoconical portion. The prongs fit into the larger end of the bore in which the O-ring is positioned and engage and advance the O-ring through the bore. The O-ring is uniformly compressed as it advances through the frustoconical portion of the bore, and is then pushed out of the second end of the bore and into position in the cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Scott Mullaly
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Publication number: 20140162211Abstract: A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ZEST IP HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Christopher Michael Gervais, James Irwin Johnson, Richard Robert Allen, Theodore Matthew Powell
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Publication number: 20140162212Abstract: A hybrid, detachable dental attachment device having a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ZEST IP HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Christopher Michael Gervais, James Irwin Johnson, Richard Robert Allen, Theodore Matthew` Powell
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Patent number: 8512039Abstract: A dental attachment system has an abutment member configured for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, the abutment member having a head and an annular seat adjacent the head. An elastomeric ring is configured for releasable engagement in the seat on the abutment member, and is retained in a retainer ring which in turn is in swivel engagement with a concave inner surface of a cavity in a cap which is secured in a recess in a dental appliance such as a denture, partial denture, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Zest IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul Zuest
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Publication number: 20120315599Abstract: A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: ZEST IP HOLDING LLCInventor: Scott Mullaly
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Publication number: 20100330536Abstract: An O-ring insertion tool is disclosed herein which holds and inserts an O-ring into a cap for releasably securing a dental appliance to, for example, a dental attachment assembly secured in the mouth of a patient. The tool comprises a driver having a central portion and at least one end portion with resilient prongs designed to push an O-ring through a bore in a bushing sleeve sized at one end to match the entrance of the cap. The bore has a tapered, frustoconical portion that at least extends up to the smaller end of the bore. The opposite end of the bore is of larger diameter matching the uncompressed dimensions of the O-ring. The prongs fit into the larger end of the bore in which the O-ring is positioned and are adapted to engage and advance the O-ring through the bore. The O-ring is uniformly compressed as it advances through the frustoconical portion of the bore, and the compressed O-ring is then pushed out of the second end of the bore and into position in the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Zest IP Holdings LLCInventor: Scott Mullaly
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Publication number: 20100159420Abstract: A dental attachment system has an abutment member configured for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, the abutment member having a head and an annular seat adjacent the head. An elastomeric ring is configured for releasable engagement in the seat on the abutment member, and is retained in a retainer ring which in turn is in swivel engagement with a concave inner surface of a cavity in a cap which is secured in a recess in a dental appliance such as a denture, partial denture, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Zest IP Holdings LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul Zuest
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Patent number: 7704076Abstract: A dental attachment system has an abutment member configured for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, the abutment member having a head and an annular seat adjacent the head. An elastomeric ring is configured for releasable engagement in the seat on the abutment member, and is retained in a retainer ring which in turn is in swivel engagement with a concave inner surface of a cavity in a cap which is secured in a recess in a dental appliance such as a denture, partial denture, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Zest IP Holdings LLCInventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul Zuest
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Publication number: 20100055645Abstract: A dental anchor apparatus comprises a one or two part endosseous implant securable in a patient's mouth and a retention member which is releasably engageable with the implant. The implant has an abutment head at one end and a threaded post projecting from the head and designed for threaded engagement in the jaw bone, the head having an outer locating surface portion. The retention member is generally cup-shaped with a first end and a peripheral skirt extending from the first end to form a cavity, the skirt having an inner locating surface which is engaged over the outer locating surface portion of the head. The head may also have a socket in which a post extending from an inner end of the retention member engages as the parts are moved into releasable snap engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: ZEST ANCHORS, INC.Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul T. Zuest
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Publication number: 20080153063Abstract: A dental attachment system has an abutment member configured for attachment to a tooth root, implant, or adjacent tooth, the abutment member having a head and an annular seat adjacent the head. An elastomeric ring is configured for releasable engagement in the seat on the abutment member, and is retained in a retainer ring which in turn is in swivel engagement with a concave inner surface of a cavity in a cap which is secured in a recess in a dental appliance such as a denture, partial denture, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul Zuest
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Patent number: 7255240Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a base and a container. The container typically includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is hinged to the bottom portion. The container is fixed to the base so that the top portion can be rotated upwards to reveal a cavity in the container for storing objects. The container may include a lock which can be locked to prevent the cavity from being exposed. The base may have an open box structure with a chamber in which the container is placed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Douglas Wyatt Mullaly
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Patent number: 6981871Abstract: A dental attachment assembly has an abutment member for attachment to a tooth root, implant, adjacent tooth, or bar, and a retention member for hinged engagement in a cap secured in a dental appliance. A skirt projects from one end of the cap for releasable snap engagement over an outer locating surface on the abutment member. The outer locating surface has at least two axially spaced retention surfaces for mating, snap engagement with corresponding spaced snap engagement formations on the inner surface of the cap, to provide a stacked, external retention between the abutment and retention members.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Zest Anchors, Inc.Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul T. Zuest
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Publication number: 20050092747Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a base and a container. The container typically includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is hinged to the bottom portion. The container is fixed to the base so that the top portion can be rotated upwards to reveal a cavity in the container for storing objects. The container may include a lock which can be locked to prevent the cavity from being exposed. The base may have an open box structure with a chamber in which the container is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Douglas Mullaly
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Publication number: 20040005530Abstract: A dental attachment assembly has an abutment member for attachment to a tooth root, implant, adjacent tooth, or bar, and a retention member for hinged engagement in a cap secured in a dental appliance. A skirt projects from one end of the cap for releasable snap engagement over an outer locating surface on the abutment member. The outer locating surface has at least two axially spaced retention surfaces for mating, snap engagement with corresponding spaced snap engagement formations on the inner surface of the cap, to provide a stacked, external retention between the abutment and retention members.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2002Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Scott Mullaly, Paul T. Zuest