DENTAL CASE

• US 20080283422A1
• Filed: 05/15/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dentek Oral Care Incorporated (Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dentek Oral Care Incorporated (Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jansheski, John M.
• Application Number:
  US11/748,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20080283422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/63.5
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/02 Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags A61C5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 7/08 Mouthpiece-type retainers or positioners, e.g. for both the lower and upper arch arch-shaped medicament applicators for teeth or gums A61C19/063; mouthguards for protecting the teeth of sportsmen A63B71/085
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/164 and connected by interfitting hinge elements integrally with the container and the lid formed respectively
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/54 for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A dental case useful for storing a dental guard. The case includes a base having a floor surrounded by an upstanding sidewall; a lid configured to fittingly overlie the base; and a tray suspended from the lid and configured to supportably receive the dental guard and suspend the dental guard above the floor of the base.

Claims

1. A dental case useful for storing a dental guard of the type used for inhibiting Bruxism, the case comprising:

a base comprising a U-shaped floor surrounded by an upstanding sidewall and having a frontal apex;

a lid configured to fittingly overlie the base and having a frontal apex; and

a tray suspended from the lid such that a frontal apex of the tray is aligned with the frontal apexes of the base and the lid, the tray being configured to supportably receive the dental guard and suspend the dental guard above the floor of the base.

2. The dental case of claim 1, wherein the base, the lid, and the tray each include a plurality of vent apertures.

3. The dental case of claim 1, wherein the lid and the base are hingedly connected to one another adjacent a rear portion of the case so that the frontal apexes of the base and the lid are urged away from one another to open the case, and wherein when the case is in the opened orientation the tray is inclined substantially parallel to the lid.

4. The dental case of claim 1, lid and the base include a cooperating catch and release to enable the lid to be releasably locked in an inclined orientation relative to the base.

5. The dental case of claim 1, wherein the lid and the tray include cooperating hangers and mounts to enable the tray to be removably suspended from the lid.