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US 12,714,071 B2Granted
Animal dental hygienic device with brush tip
OwnerAllan Coopersmith, Nathalie Fisetinventors
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Abstract
Animal dental hygienic device having a brush tip and a chew handle. The brush tip includes oppositely oriented sets of elongated projections. The chew handle includes an internal cavity and apertures arranged in the chew handle and narrow from the outer surface of the chew handle to the inner surface of the internal cavity. The brush tip and chew handle are contiguous and form a generally cylindrical shape. The device may be used autonomously by an animal as a chew toy or manually by a human user as an animal tooth brush.
Claims15
An animal dental hygienic device with a brush tip, the device comprising:
- a first section including a first flat portion with a first set of projections extending outwardly therefrom and a second set of projections extending outwardly from a second flat portion, the first and second flat portions being coplanar and the first section adjoining a first free end of the device;
- a second section contiguous with the first section, the second section being cylindrical and forming an internal cavity, the second section comprising a plurality of apertures extending from an outer surface of the second section to the internal cavity, the second section adjoining a second free end of the device;
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- a third set of projections distributed along the second section and any curved outer surfaces of the first section
- wherein each of the plurality of apertures vary in size and are arranged alternatingly along the circumference of the second section and wherein each aperture narrows in shape from a relatively larger opening at the outer surface of the second section to a relatively smaller opening at the internal cavity.
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