Patent ID: 9622836
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61C,A61M

Claim:
1. A cap configured to be captured to a bracket system for teeth, the cap comprising: a body having a wall extending with an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a hollow space, the outer surface and the inner surface of the wall extending to a bottom end; and multiple tabs each extending inward from the bottom end of the wall, at least one tab of the multiple tabs extending directly alongside and between two adjacent tabs with the at least one tab extending toward another tab that extends from the bottom end at an opposite side of the body, the bottom end at the opposite side of the body including the multiple tabs extending directly alongside and adjacent each other such that each of the multiple tabs extend in a substantially common plane, the multiple tabs being independently moveable relative to each other to collectively cooperate and facilitate engagement and retention of the body to a portion of the bracket system.