Rotary head toothbrush
OwnerKarim Belamineinventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush having a handle and a head provided with bristles. The head is mounted pivotably with respect to the handle, and the handle has at one end two arms projecting along a longitudinal axis of the handle and defining a space. The head is pivotably mounted in the space defined by the arms.
Claims14
A toothbrush comprising a handle and a head provided with bristles, said head being mounted pivotably with respect to the handle, the handle comprises at one end two arms projecting along a longitudinal axis of the handle and defining a space, the head being mounted pivotably in the space defined by the arms, along an axis perpendicular to the arms and passing through the arms;
- the handle comprises a button integral with a rigid rod extending inside the handle up to one end thereof, the button comprising two positions, namely a blocked position in which the rod extends projecting into the space defined by the arms along a longitudinal axis, the rod being partially inserted into a notch made on a front face of a base of the head, and an unblocked position in which the rod is retracted and does not extend into the space defined by the arms;
- in the unblocked position the head is free to pivot 360° so as to enable a user of the toothbrush to access palatal and lingual faces of the teeth;
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- wherein the button remains in the blocked position until the user actuates the button to the unblocked position and wherein, when the button is in the unblocked position, the button remains in the unblocked position without user interference and until the user actuates the button to the blocked position.
A toothbrush comprising:
- a handle;
- two arms extending from the handle at one end of the handle;
- and
- a head;
- the head comprising bristles;
- the head pivotably mounted to the two arms and having a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position, the head is oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the two arms and locked against rotation and in the unlocked position the head freely rotates between the two arms;
- wherein the head remains in the unlocked position without user interference, allowing the head to rotate 360 degrees, until a user locks the head to place the head in the locked position, and wherein the head remains in the locked position until a user unlocks the head to place the head in the unlocked position wherein in the locked position, a projection extending from the handle between the two arms is engaged with a recess in an end portion of the head to lock the head against rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.