Tongue cleaning device
AssigneeDr. Bob's Ltd.
InventorRobert K. Wagstaff
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Abstract
Devices for cleaning the human tongue and methods for making such devices are disclosed. The tongue cleaner may include a tongue brush and a tongue scraper. The tongue cleaner may be of unitary injection molded construction. The tongue cleaner bristles may be tapered to a point for cleaning crevices of a human tongue, and the bristles may be angled or curved. The tongue scraper contains at least one blade for removal of undesirable material from the tongue by a scraping action. The tongue brush and tongue scraper may be combined into one unit or may be made and used separately.
Claims27
A tongue cleaner comprising:
- a handle configured and adapted to be grasped by a human hand, the handle having a longitudinal axis,
- a neck emanating from said handle,
- a head region located distal to said neck,
- a tongue brush located in said head region, said tongue brush including:
- a bristle base configured to be a substantially rigid platform that will support tongue brush bristles in use, said bristle base having a proximal end adjacent said neck and a distal end, and
- a plurality of bristles emanating from said bristle base, each of said bristles having a proximal end adjacent said bristle base and a distal end, at least some of said bristles being tapered from their proximal end to their distal end to present a pointed bristle appearance,
- at least some of said bristles being of differing heights, said bristles being arranged generally in order of descending height from said bristle base distal end to said bristle base proximal end,
- at least some of said bristles having a curvature that causes them to curve toward said neck,
- said bristles being flexible to accommodate brushing of a human tongue without causing injury to the tongue,
- said bristles and said bristle base being formed as a single unitary component from the same material via an injection molding process,
- said bristles emanating from said bristle base in an individually-mounted and free-standing non-tufted configuration, and
- a tongue scraper located in said head region, said tongue scraper including:
- at least one tongue scraper blade, said tongue scraper blade having sufficient flexibility to be useful in removing undesirable material from a human tongue by a scraping action,
- said tongue scraper blade emanating from said bristle base.
A tongue cleaner comprising:
- a handle configured and adapted to be grasped by a human hand, the handle having a longitudinal axis,
- a neck emanating from said handle,
- a head region located distal to said neck,
- a tongue brush located in said head region, said tongue brush including:
- a bristle base configured to be a substantially rigid platform that will support tongue brush bristles in use, said bristle base having a proximal end adjacent said neck and a distal end, and
- a plurality of bristles emanating from said bristle base, each of said bristles having a proximal end adjacent said bristle base and a distal end, at least some of said bristles being tapered from their proximal end to their distal end to presented a pointed bristle appearance,
- said bristles being flexible to accommodate brushing of a human tongue without causing injury to the tongue,
- said bristles and said bristle base being formed as a single unitary component from the same material via an injection molding process, and
- said bristles emanating from said bristle base in an individually-mounted and free-standing non-tufted configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.