Children's tooth and gum cleaning kit
OwnerLamberta A. M. Klassen, James B. Klasseninventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a cohesive progression of various sizes and shapes and styles of tooth and gum cleaning devices which are ideally suited to each stage of a child's physical and psychological development, and which maintain elements of familiarity to the child from stage to stage to make the progression less dramatic and less stressful to the child and to the caregiver. Several aspects of this invention have also been applied to tooth and gum cleaning devices for older children and adults and to powered toothbrush designs.
Claims37
A kit containing a series of two or more tooth and gum cleaning devices with various shaped cleaning tips which provide oral cleaning of infants and toddlers and which maintain elements of familiarity from stage to stage.
A handle for a child's tooth and gum cleaning device which is filled or partially filled with a fluid or combination of fluids that turn different colors or change phase or appearance during prolonged and/or rigorous agitation.
A handle for a child's tooth and gum cleaning device which is filled or partially filled with a foaming fluid or two or more non-emulsifying fluids of different colors and densities which mix together during prolonged and/or rigorous agitation and separate again when agitation stops.
A manufacturing method whereby non-round final shapes are created by deformably securing flexible shapes onto a mandrel which spins around a center during material removal.
A toothbrush for older children and adults with a radially outward 360 degree bristle pattern having conventional bristles, with an inner surface shape and/or outer bristle shape which is at least partially non-round when viewed from the top.
A toothbrush for older children and adults with a radially outward 360 degree bristle shape having conventional bristles with an inner surface shape and/or outer bristle shape which is at least partially tapered when viewed from the front or side.
A toothbrush for older children and adults with radially arrayed bristles in a helical pattern.
A powered toothbrush with omni-directional bristles which rotate around the longitudinal axis of the handle at a variable or constant or intermittent speed in either direction and/or which vibrate or reciprocate in the longitudinal direction.
A tooth and gum cleaning device or package having a graphic or grip pattern characterized by two or more randomly placed generally circular, elliptical or oblong shapes of various sizes connected by substantially straight lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.