Patent ID: 8585398

Claim:
An orthodontic bracket for coupling an archwire with a tooth, comprising: a bracket body configured to be mounted to the tooth, the bracket body including an archwire slot adapted to receive the archwire therein, a support surface, a pair of opposing guide members that are carried by and partially overlay the support surface, and an intervening wall extending from one or both of the guide members to the support surface to partially close off the support surface from the archwire slot, the intervening wall having a first contact surface; a movable member engaged with the support surface of the bracket body and movable relative thereto between the opposing guide members from an opened position in which the archwire is insertable into the archwire slot to a closed position in which the movable member retains the archwire in the archwire slot, the movable member including a shoulder having a second contact surface; a securing mechanism for limiting the movement of the movable member toward the opened position; and a first stop feature separate from the securing mechanism for stopping relative movement between the movable member and the bracket body at the closed position by contact between the first contact surface and the second contact surface when the movable member is moved to the closed position.