Toothbrush
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsRobert Moskovich, Kelly Gail Duncan, Matthew Lee Kolb
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Abstract
A toothbrush comprising a body comprising a handle portion, a head portion and a longitudinal axis; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head portion; a depression formed in an outer surface of the handle portion of the body, the depression comprising a floor; a power source disposed within the body; an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source disposed within the handle portion and operably coupled to the power source, the EMR source configured to emit EMR from the floor of the depression; and a cover coupled to the handle portion so as to be alterable between: (1) a storage state in which the depression is enclosed by the cover; and (2) a use state in which the floor of the depression is exposed.
Claims15
A toothbrush comprising:
- a body comprising a handle portion, a head portion and a longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head portion;
- a depression formed in an outer surface of the handle portion of the body, the depression comprising a floor;
- a power source disposed within the body;
- an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source disposed within the handle portion and operably coupled to the power source, the EMR source configured to emit EMR from the floor of the depression;
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- a cover coupled to the handle portion so as to be alterable between:
- (1) a storage state in which the depression is enclosed by the cover;
- and (2) a use state in which the floor of the depression is exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.