Detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance

• US 8,403,671 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tai-Wu Lin
• Original Assignee: Tai-Wu Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Tai-Wu
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodriguez, Cris L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mai, Hao D
• Application Number:
  US12/828,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20120003607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 433167-172, 433177-178, 433181-183, 433191-195, 433206-2121, 433218-221
• US Class Current: 433/218
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 13/2656 Snap attachments

Abstract

A detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance includes an internal crown member, which has an outside surface to which two resilient retention clamping strips are mounted, each of the resilient retention clamping strips including a root section that is fixed to the outside surface of the internal crown member and a spring section extending from the root section, the spring sections of the resilient retention clamping strips being spaced by a gap that has a reduced neck portion forming a pass; and an external crown member, which is removably mounted to the internal crown member and has a lower inner portion forming a fitting chamber for removably fitting over the internal crown member, the fitting chamber having an inside surface that forms a retention block that is engageable with the resilient retention clamping strips so as to securely but removably couple the external crown member to the internal crown member.

Claims

1. A detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance, comprising:

an internal crown member, which has an outside surface to which two resilient retention clamping strips are mounted, each of the resilient retention clamping strips comprising a root section that is fixed to the outside surface of the internal crown member and a spring section extending from the root section, the spring sections of the resilient retention clamping strips being spaced by a gap that has a reduced neck portion forming a pass; and

an external crown member, which is removably mounted to the internal crown member and has a lower inner portion forming a fitting chamber for removably fitting over the internal crown member, the fitting chamber having an inside surface that forms a retention block that is engageable with the resilient retention clamping strips by moving through the pass so as to force the spring sections of the resilient retention clamping strips to expand and deform outward, the spring sections allowing to return after the retention block moves through the pass to shrink back to clamp and thus retain the retention block, whereby the external crown member is securely coupled to the internal crown member in such a way that the external crown member is not allowed to undesirably detach;

wherein each of the resilient retention clamping strips comprises a spring force enhancing section extending from the root section and located outside the spring section, the inside surface of the external crown member forming two inward projecting inclined support surfaces, which are respectively engageable with the two spring force enhancing sections of the resilient retention clamping strips for providing additional spring forces.

2. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance prosthetic appliance according to claim 1, wherein each of the spring sections is of an L-shape having a bend, the bends of the two spring sections opposing each other to define the pass.

3. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 2, wherein the resilient retention clamping strips are made of a metallic material.

4. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 3, wherein the resilient retention clamping strips are made of a metallic material that is selected from a group consisting of carat gold, dentistry alloys, stainless steels, nickel-titanium alloys and a combination thereof.

5. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the external crown member and the internal crown member are made of metallic materials.

6. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 4, wherein the external crown member and the internal crown member are made of metallic materials.

7. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the root section of each of the resilient retention clamping strips has a fixed end, which is integrally formed with the outside surface of the internal crown member.

8. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 4, wherein the root section of each of the resilient retention clamping strips has a fixed end, which is integrally formed with the outside surface of the internal crown member.

9. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the root section of each of the resilient retention clamping strips has a fixed end, which is mounted to the outside surface of the internal crown member through welding, pressing, or bonding.

10. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 4, wherein the root section of each of the resilient retention clamping strips has a fixed end, which is mounted to the outside surface of the internal crown member through welding, pressing, or bonding.

11. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 1, wherein the internal crown member comprises a fixing element that fixes the root sections of the resilient retention clamping strips in position.

12. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 4, wherein the internal crown member comprises a fixing element that fixes the root sections of the resilient retention clamping strips in position.

13. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 11, wherein the fixing element is made of metallic materials, fiber-reinforced plastics, or resins.

14. The detachment-prevented removable double-crown prosthetic appliance according to claim 12, wherein the fixing element is made of metallic materials, fiber-reinforced plastics, or resins.