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US 8,454,643 · App. 12/778,558 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Tattoo needle housing and assembly

Inventor: Derek S. Crockett (Charlotte, NC)
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Patent No.
US 8,454,643
App. No.
12/778,558
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a tattoo needle housing, including: a substantially hollow prismatic structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure includes a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a shape that substantially matches a collective shape of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles, and wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure includes an opening manufactured into one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof.

Claims (11)

1. A tattoo needle housing, comprising:

a substantially hollow prismatic structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure comprises a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a convex outward curvature that substantially matches and conforms to a collective convex outward curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles taken as a group; wherein one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface of the prismatic structure includes one or more ports manufactured therein and configured to form a reservoir to retain ink adjacent to the plurality of tattoo needles.

2. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure further comprises at least one side edge portion at one end thereof that has a curvature that substantially matches a collective curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles.

3. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure further comprises a top edge portion at one end thereof that has a curvature that substantially matches a collective curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles.

4. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure is manufactured from titanium.

5. A tattoo needle housing assembly, comprising:

a plurality of tattoo needles; and

a substantially hollow prismatic structure configured to surround the plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure comprises a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a convex outward curvature that substantially matches and conforms to a collective convex outward curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles taken as a group; wherein one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface of the prismatic structure includes one or more ports manufactured therein and configured to form a reservoir to retain ink adjacent to the plurality of tattoo needles.

6. The tattoo needle housing assembly of claim 5 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure further comprises at least one side edge portion at one end thereof that has a curvature that substantially matches a collective curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles.

7. The tattoo needle housing assembly of claim 5 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure further comprises a top edge portion at one end thereof that has a curvature that substantially matches a collective curvature of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles.

8. The tattoo needle housing assembly of claim 5 , wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure is manufactured from titanium.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61177910 · May 13, 2009
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