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US 2007/0174985 A1Published application
Toothbrush with tongue scraper/cleaner
OwnerJoe Steveninventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush comprising a handle at one end for which to hold the brush, and at the opposing end, a head containing bristles, provided for cleaning the teeth. On the opposite side of the bristles, on the same end of the toothbrush, are ridges evenly spaced, used for scraping the tongue to remove plaque, bacteria, dead tissue, food debris, etc. from the tongue area.
Claims8
A toothbrush with tongue scraper/cleaner comprising:
- a conventional toothbrush 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 scraper located in said head region, said tongue brush including:
- a bristle base configured to be a substantially rigid platform that will support bristles and tongue scraper in use, said bristle base having a proximal end adjacent to said neck, a distal end, a top and a bottom, and a plurality of bristles emanating from said bristle base top, each of said bristles having a proximal end adjacent to 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, 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 top in an individually-mounted and free-standing non-tufted configuration, and a tongue scraper emanating from said bristle base top, said tongue scraper including:
- a series of raised scraper blades having sufficient flexibility to be useful in removing undesirable material from a human tongue by a scraping action.
A device as recited in claim 12 wherein at least some of said bristles are of a length greater than about 5 mm and less than about 10 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.