IP Library Granted Patent US 8,764,784
Granted Patent B2
US 8,764,784 · App. 13/861,736 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Tattoo needle housing and assembly

Inventor: Derek S. Crockett (Charlotte, NC)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,764,784
App. No.
13/861,736
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a tattoo needle housing, including: a substantially hollow structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow structure includes a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a shape that substantially matches and conforms to a collective shape of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles taken as a group, wherein the substantially hollow structure includes one or more ports manufactured into one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof, and wherein the substantially hollow structure includes an end wall adjacent to the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles configured to form a reservoir to retain ink adjacent to the plurality of tattoo needles.

Claims (7)

1. A tattoo needle housing, comprising:

a substantially hollow structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow structure comprises a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a convex outward shape that substantially matches and conforms to a collective convex outward shape of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles taken as a group, wherein the substantially hollow structure comprises one or more ports manufactured into one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof, and wherein the substantially hollow structure comprises an end wall adjacent to the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles 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 structure further comprises at least one side 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.

3. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow structure further comprises a top 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.

4. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow structure is manufactured from a non-metallic material.

5. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow structure comprises a plurality of ports manufactured into one or more of the top surface and the bottom surface thereof.

6. The tattoo needle housing of claim 1 , wherein the substantially hollow structure comprises the end wall that, along with the bottom edge portion, forms a port by which access to the plurality of tattoo needles is had from the exterior of the substantially hollow structure.

Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 12967464 · Dec 14, 2010
Continuation In Part 12778558 · May 12, 2010
Provisional Application 61177910 · May 13, 2009
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