US 12,064,308 B2
Dental treatment tray
Mark E. Cipolla, Cleveland, OH (US); Trevor L. Jackson, Cleveland, OH (US); and Jesse P. Carlson, Cleveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Nottingham Spirk Design Associates
Filed by Nottingham Spirk Design Associates, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,210.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,270, filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287812 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 19/066 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental treatment device for applying a dental treatment to teeth and gums of a user, the dental treatment device comprising:
at least one dental treatment capsule encapsulating the dental treatment;
a dental treatment tray comprising:
a top tray including a base surface defined by two peripheral edges and two end edges, the base surface of the top tray having at least one hole extending therethrough;
a bottom tray including a base surface defined by two peripheral edges and two end edges, the base surface of the bottom tray having at least one hole extending therethrough;
wherein the top tray and the bottom tray are movable relative to each other between an open configuration and a closed configuration of the dental treatment tray;
wherein in the open configuration, the two end edges of the base surface of the top tray are hingedly connected to the two end edges of the base surface of the bottom tray, and the two peripheral edges of the base surface of the top tray are unconnected to the two peripheral edges of the base surface of the bottom tray;
wherein in the closed configuration, the two end edges of the base surface of the top tray are hingedly connected to the two end edges of the base surface of the bottom tray, and the two peripheral edges of the base surface of the top tray are connected to the two peripheral edges of the base surface of the bottom tray to form at least one chamber between the base surface of the top tray and the base surface of the bottom tray in which the at least one dental treatment capsule encapsulating the dental treatment is contained;
wherein the at least one hole of the top tray and the at least one hole of the bottom tray are configured to permit passage of the dental treatment from the at least one chamber to the teeth and gums of the user when the dental treatment tray is in the closed configuration.