# US 11,110,192 B1 · Oral device container and oral device sanitation system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,110,192 B1 - Document ID: US11110192B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/192,690 - Filed: 2021-03-04 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-06 - Assignees: Custom Club, Inc. - Applicants: Custom Club, Inc. - Inventors: Craig Weiss; Blair Feldman; Quinn Fitzgerald; Chloe Georgiades; Elliot Raderman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11110192B1 ## CPC - A61L 2/26: Accessories - A45D 44/20: Containers for storing artificial teeth - A61C 8/0087: {Means for sterile storage or manipulation of dental implants} - A61C 17/036: {Cleaning devices for dental prostheses removed from the oral cavity} - A61C 19/02: Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags {(A61C5/44 takes precedence)} - A61L 2/10: Ultraviolet [UV] radiation - G02B 6/0036: {2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces} - A61L 2103/15: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps - A61L 2202/11: Apparatus for generating biocidal substances, e.g. vaporisers, UV lamps - A61L 2202/121: Sealings, e.g. doors, covers, valves, sluices - A61L 2202/122: Chambers for sterilisation - A63B 71/085: {Mouth or teeth protectors (A63B71/081 takes precedence)} - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) - A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING - A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract An oral sanitation system may include a case including: a support portion defining a lower end of the case; and a container portion extending from the support portion. The container portion may define a wall extending from the support portion to a top end of the container portion. The oral sanitation system may further include a closure including a lid formed with a peripherally-extending wall; a lower cavity defined by the wall of the container portion; an upper cavity defined by the peripherally-extending wall of the closure; and a light-guiding floor that is substantially transparent to UVC light, the light-guiding floor forming a bottom of the container portion that is surrounded by the wall. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An oral sanitation system, comprising: a case including: a support portion defining a lower end of the case; and a container portion extending from the support portion, the container portion defining a wall extending from the support portion to a top end of the container portion; a closure including a lid formed with a peripherally-extending wall; a lower cavity defined by the wall of the container portion; an upper cavity defined by the peripherally-extending wall of the closure; and a light-guiding floor that is substantially transparent to UVC light, the light-guiding floor forming a bottom of the container portion that is surrounded by the wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The oral sanitation system of claim 1, further comprising an illuminable body within which the peripherally-extending wall of the closure is embedded. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The oral sanitation system of claim 2, wherein the illuminable body is a rectangular-shaped prism configured to guide light to an exterior surface thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The oral sanitation system of claim 1, further comprising a disinfecting base having a source of light disposed therein such that the light-guiding floor is positioned between the source of light and the upper cavity when the closure is secured on the case. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The oral sanitation system of claim 4, wherein the source of light is configured to generate UVC light, and the wall of the case includes a light pipe having an end face that faces toward the lower cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The oral sanitation system of claim 4, further comprising an illuminable body configured to be illuminated with light generated from the source of light when the closure is secured on the case. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The oral sanitation system of claim 4, wherein the closure and the case are removably received on the disinfecting base such that an upward-facing support surface of the support portion faces a bottom rim of the closure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The oral sanitation system of claim 1, further comprising: a prism secured to the lid so as to form an outer peripheral wall of the closure; and a disinfecting base having a source of light disposed therein such that, when the source of light is activated, at least some of the light exits the lower cavity and the upper cavity so as to pass through the outer peripheral wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The oral sanitation system of claim 1, wherein the light-guiding floor includes a repeating pattern of ridges and depressions. ### Claim 10 An oral sanitation system, comprising: a disinfecting base; a source of UVC light disposed within the disinfecting base; a container portion defining a wall extending to a top end of the container portion, the container portion including an opening configured for ventilation; a closure including an opaque lid that is positionable over the disinfecting base so as to cover an oral device supported by the container portion; a lower cavity defined by the wall of the container portion; an upper cavity defined within the opaque lid, wherein the opaque lid is sized so as to permit leakage of at least some of the UVC light outside of the disinfecting base, and the closure when the opaque lid covers the oral device supported by the container portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The oral sanitation system of claim 10, wherein the opening includes a plurality of openings positioned along the container portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The oral sanitation system of claim 10, wherein the opaque lid is embedded within a solid translucent body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The oral sanitation system of claim 12, wherein the solid translucent body forms a prism having a substantially rectangular outer surface configured to be received on the disinfecting base when the opaque lid covers the oral device supported by the container portion. ### Claim 14 A method for an oral sanitation device, comprising: forming a case including: a support portion at a lower end of the case; a container portion extending from the support portion, the container portion having a wall defining a lower cavity sized to receive an oral device for sanitation; and a light-guiding floor at a bottom of the lower cavity configured to support the oral device; forming a lid having a peripherally-extending wall defining an upper cavity, the lid shaped so as to at least partially enclose the lower cavity; and defining a path for light to travel toward the lower cavity through the light-guiding floor such that a visible amount of light exits from the case and the lid. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the lid is formed within a prism having an outward-facing illuminable wall. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the path extends through the outward-facing wall of the prism such that the visible light exits from the base and the lid and through the outward-facing wall of the prism. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the path includes a ridged surface of the light-guiding floor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the path is a first path, and the method further comprises forming a second path for leakage of light from the device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further including embedding a light source beneath the light-guiding floor to generate UVC light and visible light. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the embedded light source generates light that enters an illuminable body, including a periphery that extends outward of the case.