Oral care device
AssigneeOlson IP Technologies, Inc.
InventorRichard Carl Olson
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Abstract
A toothbrush device having a body defining a cavity and an input port disposed on the body in fluid communication with the cavity. The input port permits brushing by-products to pass through the input port and into the cavity while restricting passage of the brushing by-products outward from the cavity. In one form, the toothbrush device includes an elongated handle with a reservoir having at least a portion disposed within the handle. The reservoir is sized to hold a predetermined amount of oral care product, and a mouthpiece is in fluid communication with the reservoir to discharge the oral care product from the reservoir.
Claims20
An oral care device comprising:
- a body;
- brushing elements connected to the body;
- a byproduct cavity of the body;
- a byproduct inlet in communication with the byproduct cavity that permits oral care byproducts to pass through the byproduct inlet and into the cavity;
- and
- an air outlet in communication with the cavity that permits air that enters the byproduct cavity with the oral care byproduct to exit the cavity.
An oral care device comprising:
- a handle;
- a brushing apparatus connected to the handle, the brushing apparatus comprising:
- brushing elements;
- a reservoir containing an oral care product;
- and
- a tube adjacent the brushing elements and positioned to permit oral care product from the reservoir to be withdrawn from the tube in response to suction being applied by a user's mouth sucking on the tube.
A method comprising:
- brushing teeth with brushing elements of an oral care device;
- and
- spitting brushing byproduct into an inlet opening defined by a handle of the oral care device, the handle having generally a longitudinal axis, the opening facing transverse to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.