Oral care device with multi-structural contact elements
OwnerJames Gavneyinventor
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Abstract
A contact device with resilient contact elements is disclosed. The resilient contact elements have primary structures and secondary structures. The primary structures and secondary structures have contact surfaces for engaging a working surface. The primary structures are preferably molded structures with hardness value between 10 to 90 Shores A. The secondary structures are nodules, squeegees, bristles or combinations thereof. In accordance with the embodiment of the invention a toothbrush includes resilient bristle boots that surround groups of bristles and have squeegees, nodules, bristles, or combinations thereof, that protrude from surfaces of the resilient bristle boots.
Claims19
A device comprising a cleaning head, the cleaning head comprising;
- a) a support structure;
- b) resilient contact element protruding from a surface of the support structure, the resilient contact element comprising a primary squeegee structure and a secondary structure protruding from a surface of the primary squeegee structure;
- and
- c) bristles.
A device comprising:
- a) a support with a plurality of bristle boots;
- b) bristle tufts protruding from compartments of the bristle boots;
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- c) resilient contact structures protruding one or more surface of the bristle boots
A device comprising:
- a) elongated bristle boots that extend along opposed sides of a cleaning head and that surround a first set of bristle tufts;
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- b) a second set of bristle tufts protruding from a region of the cleaning head between elongated bristle boots,
A device comprising a cleaning head with resilient contact elements resiliently coupled to the cleaning head, the resilient contact elements including primary structures, secondary structures and bristle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.