US 12,343,233 B2
Dental aligner apparatus
Carlos F. Navarro, Dallas, TX (US); and Rocklin Verespej, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Carlos F. Navarro, Dallas, TX (US); and Rocklin Verespej, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,792.
Application 18/587,792 is a continuation of application No. 17/482,401, filed on Sep. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,911,237, issued on Feb. 27, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,935, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268931 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/28 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental aligner apparatus comprising:
a rotational coupler including:
a bracket base having a bottom surface positionable over an outwardly facing surface of a first tooth, and attachable thereto;
a first bar securing assembly extending along one side of the bracket base, with a second bar securing assembly extending along an opposite side of the bracket base, and defining a bracket channel therebetween;
a first bracket gap defined in the first bar securing member and a second bracket gap defined in the second bar securing member, the first and second bracket gaps on opposing sides of the bracket channel, the first and second bracket gaps opening outwardly in a direction that is away from the bracket base;
a bar having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the bar being curved between the first and second ends, and including a spring formed thereby, the bar further including:
a “T” shaped end member positioned at the first end of the bar, the “T” shaped end member having a first leg and a second leg opposite the first leg, together defining a rotatable end member;
the second end adapted to terminate proximate at least one second tooth, wherein the first tooth and the second tooth are different,
wherein the first leg is rotatably positionable within the first bracket gap, and the second leg is rotatably positionable within the second bracket gap, with the first end of the bar positionable within the bracket channel.