Tongue cleaning device
OwnerJames R. Richardinventor
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Abstract
A tongue cleaning device having an elongated member integrally formed of a flexible material and defining a handle portion and a head portion, and cleaning portion attached to the head portion of the elongated member, is provided. The cleaning portion includes a plurality of cleaning projections protruding outwardly from the head portion of the elongated member. Due to the flexible nature of the elongated member, the head portion of the elongated member can be pressed with the tongue against the roof of the mouth to conform the head portion to the shape thereof.
Claims12
A tongue cleaning device comprising:
- an elongated member integrally formed of a flexible material, said elongated member defining a handle portion and a head portion;
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- a cleaning portion attached to the head portion of said elongated member, said cleaning portion comprising a plurality of cleaning projections protruding outwardly from the head portion of said elongated member;
- whereby the head portion of said elongated member can be pressed with the tongue against the roof of the mouth to conform the head portion to the shape thereof.
A tongue cleaning device comprising:
- an elongated member integrally formed of a thin, flexible plastic material, said elongated member defining a handle portion and a head portion;
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- a cleaning portion comprising a backing material having an adhesive on a first surface thereof adhered to the head portion of said elongated member, and having a plurality of fiber loops protruding from a second surface thereof;
- whereby the head portion of said elongated member can be pressed with the tongue against the roof of the mouth to conform the head portion to the shape thereof.
A tongue cleaning device comprising:
- an elongated member integrally formed of a thin, flexible plastic material, said elongated member defining a handle portion and a head portion, the head portion having a width greater than a width of the handle portion;
- a cleaning portion attached to the head portion of said elongated member, said cleaning portion comprising a loop portion of a hook-and-loop fastening system;
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- an antiseptic or antimicrobial compound carried in said cleaning portion;
- whereby the head portion of said elongated member can be pressed with the tongue against the roof of the mouth to conform the head portion to the shape thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.