Patent ID: 9314315
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61B,A61C,B25H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for holding small dental parts comprising: a bowl member having a central recess defined by a recess wall with an inner surface adapted to engage dental parts and an outer surface, said recess wall comprising a generally downwardly and inwardly sloping portion and a generally horizontally disposed portion connected to said downwardly and inwardly sloping portion, said generally downwardly and inwardly sloping portion comprising polygonal upper and lower edges with a plurality of generally flat trapezoidal wall sections extending between said upper and lower edges; and a generally downwardly and outwardly extending flange connected to said recess wall by an outwardly extending wall with projecting teeth adapted to receive dental parts therebetween, said bowl member having a shape that facilitates nestingly stacking multiple members identical to said bowl member; and a plurality of magnets arranged around said recess wall in adjacent relationship with said outer surface thereof wherein said plurality of magnets are aligned with different ones of said generally flat trapezoidal wall sections and are supported by arcuate magnet holder brackets on a magnet support member that is readily engageable with and disengageable from said bowl member.