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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113828 | Orthodontic bracket An orthodontic bracket mountable on a tooth for use in retraction mechanics to facilitate movement of teeth along an arch, which includes an archwire receiving member rotatably mounted on a base and structured to freely rotate when tipping a tooth during sliding of ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8057226 | Customized orthodontic bracket system A customized orthodontic bracket system is provided. The system can include a bracket having a customized bracket bonding pad for bonding the bracket to a tooth of a patient and a bracket slot adapted to receive a customized archwire. The customized archwire is adap... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7845940 | Orthodontic apparatus with self-ligating bracket and locking device An orthodontic bracket system is provided having a base plate with a rear side and a front side. The rear side is designed to engage a patient's tooth. The front side includes a channel for receiving an archwire, a cover plate for closing the opening of the channel ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845939 | Orthodontic apparatus with self-ligating bracket An orthodontic bracket housing having at least two opposing sides, a rear side which is a tooth engaging side and a front side. The front side includes a cavity for receiving at least one wire. A cover plate pivotally attaches to an extension located on the front si... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845941 | Orthodontic instrument for use with adjustable orthodontic apparatus An instrument is provided, having a handle and at least one working end. In a first embodiment, the working end has a first leg and a second leg, the second leg for disengaging a spring clip. In a second embodiment, the working end has a first leg and a second leg f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7740475 | Orthodontic apparatus with adjustable base plate and connecting plate An adjustable orthodontic apparatus formed by at least one base plate having opposing sides, the first side being a tooth engaging side and the second side having a plurality of columns of protrusions and channels created by the columns of protrusions and at least o... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7597553 | Orthodontic bracket An orthodontic bracket enables orthodontic treatment to be performed without resetting of a bracket body and an arch wire relative to the tooth, even in an advanced stage of the treatment. The orthodontic bracket comprises a bonding plate having a bonding surface ma... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7306458 | Adjustable orthodontic bracket This invention provides an adjustable orthodontic bracket. The adjustable orthodontic bracket includes an orthodontic arch wire slot/tube and fixing part, an adjustable part, and a tooth surface fixing part. The orthodontic arch wire slot and fixing part is used to ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7264468 | Edgewise orthodontic bracket for capturing lost torque An edgewise orthodontic bracket for use in an edgewise or straight-wire technique having a standard horizontally opening rectangular archwire slot and a mesiodistally extending tunnel or lumen separate from and vertically angled to the archwire slot for receiving a ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247018 | Edgewise orthodontic bracket with character base An improved edgewise orthodontic bracket is disclosed. In one embodiment, a bracket comprises a single pair of opposing T-shaped tie wings which define an archwire slot therebetween. Notches are provided on each of the mesial and distal sides of the center leg of ea... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234935 | Orthodontic bracket system comprising multiple brackets having multiple aligned slots An orthodontic bracket system includes a plurality of orthodontic brackets, each bracket sized and configured to be placed on a particular tooth of a patient during an orthodontic treatment procedure. Each bracket includes at least two arch wire slots that lie in di... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6960081 | Orthodontic brackets with elongate film hinge An orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket base, an arch wire slot configured to receive an arch wire, a ligation cover, an elongate film hinge that interconnects the bracket base and ligation cover, and a cam structure. The ligation cover is selectively rotatable a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960080 | Orthodontic brackets with elongate film hinge An orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket base, an arch wire slot configured to receive an arch wire, a ligation cover, an elongate film hinge that interconnects the bracket base and ligation cover, and a cam structure. The ligation cover is selectively rotatable a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926523 | Spring cushioned orthodontic bracket An orthodontic bracket containing a flexible element incorporated between its base and bracket to permit installation on each tooth where needed is described. With the base firmly anchored on a tooth and a semi rigid archwire ligated to the bracket, flexible complia... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6887075 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance comprises a base, a main body equipped on one side of the base, an archwire slot furnished to the main body, a convertible cap closing the archwire slot along the length direction, and stepwise portions provided at ends of the archwire slot ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6799966 | Fluoropolymeric orthodontic article Disclosed is an orthodontic article that includes a fluoropolymer and that exhibits at least 0.001% transmittance at 546 nm when measured according to the Transmittance Test Procedure. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6682345 | Orthodontic bracket An improved orthodontic bracket including a horizontally opening archwire slot for a main aligning archwire for allowing crown tipping, limiting root uprighting, and controlling torquing, and a relatively small horizontal uprighting slot, tunnel or lumen ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 5954502 | Adjustable orthodontic bracket assembly with continuous adjustment in any one of six planes of motion An adjustable orthodontic bracket assembly includes a plurality of brackets. Each bracket is attachable to a front face of a tooth such that the bracket is positionable in series relation to one or more other of the brackets. Each bracket is continuously ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5618175 | Plastic orthodontic bracket having rotation wings This invention is directed to a plastic orthodontic bracket reinforced with a metal insert having rotation wings. The bracket includes a protrusion extending into the archwire slot and having an upper end elevated above the bottom wall of the archwire slo... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5474447 | Device for correcting teeth irregularities A device for correcting teeth irregularities includes a bracket to be fixed on a tooth. The bracket has a slit, and a base plate is interposed between the bracket and the surface to be fixed to the tooth. A wire is inserted into the slit and engaged with ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464347 | Hybrid orthodontic bracket system and method An orthodontic bracket system includes a plurality of rectangular wires having a plurality of different sizes and a plurality of brackets. The plurality of brackets include an upper bicuspid bracket, an upper cuspid bracket, an upper lateral bracket, an u... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5320526 | Buccal tube insert A buccal tube insert including a frusto-conically shaped main body having a predetermined cross-sectional dimension and which defines a longitudinally disposed passageway which extends substantially therethrough, the main body disposed in friction fitting... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5302121 | Ball-in-socket orthodontic bracket The present invention relates to a two piece fixed functional orthodontic bracket appliance to which a flexible archwire can be engaged. This two piece orthodontic bracket appliance allows for constant mobility through a full range of orthodontic tooth mo... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5125832 | Bracket for permitting tipping and limiting uprighting An orthodontic bracket having a horizontal archwire slot and wire-engaging surfaces for use in any treatment technique and coacting with an archwire and force generating means to produce tooth movement through crown tipping and root uprighting actions and... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4877398 | Bracket for permitting tipping and limiting uprighting An orthodontic bracket having a horizontal archwire slot and wire-engaging surfaces for use in any treatment technique and coacting with an archwire and force generating means to produce tooth movement through crown tipping and root uprighting actions and... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4859179 | Edgewise bracket with Sved shaped slot and control means An edgewise bracket with a Sved shaped archwire slot and stop means for coating with the bracket and an archwire for limiting crown tipping or root uprighting movements so as to achieve predetermined uprighting or tip values. The archwire slot includes ed... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4842512 | Combination edgewise bracket A combination edgewise bracket for selective use in crown tipping root uprighting or torquing, which includes a pair of labiobuccally opening archwire slots one of which when coacting with an archwire and there being selective forces applied between the a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4676746 | Adjustable orthodontic bracket assembly An adjustable orthodontic bracket assembly that avoids the need to twist and bend arch wire to correct the position of a malposed tooth. The assembly includes a base member attached directly to a tooth, a bracket holder and interfitting means for engageme... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4669980 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance comprising: an orthodontic channel bracket having two channels therein at right angles to each other in adjacent sides of the bracket; an orthodontic tube bracket providing the static components of a spring latch or locking mechan... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4664626 | System for automatically preventing overtipping and/or overuprighting in the begg technique A Begg bracket for controlling the tipping and/or uprighting movements of a tooth on which the bracket is mounted which includes mesial and/or distal archwire stops at the mesial and/or distal sides of the archwire slot to limit the mesial and/or distal t... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4659309 | Orthodontic bracket with rhomboidal profile An orthodontic bracket for use with an archwire to impart corrective forces to a tooth, including a base portion attachable directly to a tooth, a bonding pad or a band and at least one tie wing extending from the base portion which includes gingival and ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4597739 | Tow element bracket system for true straight wire orthodontics The present invention relates to a two piece, adjustable, orthodontic bracket system to which a flexible archwire is tied. The distortions at various points along the archwire are automatically set by specially-oriented archwire slots cut into the face of... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4561844 | Orthodontic bracket An improved orthodontic bracket for mounting on the inside surface or lingual of a tooth having an upwardly opening longitudinal channel for receiving an arch wire therein. The bracket includes a one-piece body having a locking groove formed in a front wa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4536154 | Edgewise bracket An orthodontic bracket for use with an archwire to orthodontically treat a patient by imparting corrective forces to a tooth. The bracket includes a base portion for attachment to the tooth, mesial and distal tie wings extending from the base portion, eac... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4529382 | Lingual orthodontic appliance system for edgewise therapy An orthodontic bracket system for edgewise orthodontic therapy which is adapted for attachment to the lingual surface portions of a patient's teeth. The lingual orthodontic bracket system of this invention is designed to permit occlusal and mesial inserti... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4498867 | Convertible orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance that is convertible to function in both light wire and edgewise techniques and which includes a sheath mountable on a tooth that may selectively receive any one of several wire receiving inserts. Each of the inserts is lockable to... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4496318 | Converters for orthodontic treatment Orthodontic converters for converting straight wire archwire tooth receptacles to light wire appliance system treatment and light wire archwire tooth receptacles to straight wire appliance system treatment. The converters have snap clips for selectively a... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4496317 | Adjustable orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance for attachment to a tooth for attachment of arch wires and the like includes a base member for attachment to a tooth with an elongated arm extending from the base member for extending parallel to the tooth axis and including an at... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487581 | Orthodontic bracket An improved orthodontic bracket is formed of a wire gripping block secured within a spring metal base having wings or string tabs which set within tab receiving slots on opposite ends of the block. A slot within the face of the block is configured for gri... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4415330 | Orthodontic bracket assembly An orthodontic bracket assembly is adapted for use with an arch wire in straightening a tooth having a crown long axis preferrably disposed at a particular angle with respect to an occlusal plane. The bracket assembly includes a base for fixing the assemb... | 11/15/1983 |
