Toothbrush assembly combining replaceable brush assembly with massaging device
AssigneeOral Ease Inc.
InventorPaul M. Rosofsky
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Abstract
A toothbrush assembly having a handle, a brush assembly releaseably interconnected with one end of the handle, and a massaging device connected with a second end of the handle. The brush assembly has a cylindrical base shaped to be received in a recess in the end of the handle and has an array of bristles arranged to provide a concave brushing surface. The massaging device includes a carrier having a container of liquid positioned in an internal cavity of the carrier. The container is positioned so as to be broken and dispense its contents when an end of a toothbrush is inserted into the carrier. A porous, absorbent material forms an outer surface of the device and absorbs the liquid for application to the gums of a user.
Claims16
A toothbrush assembly comprising:
- a handle having first and second ends;
- a stepped recess formed in the first end of said handle, said stepped recess comprising an upper recess disposed at a surface of said handle and having a first width, and a lower recess disposed beneath and adjoining said upper recess and having a second width less than said first width;
- a brush assembly having a base shaped to be received in said upper recess and an array of bristles protruding from the base;
- complementary fastening means comprising a first component provided in said lower recess and a second component carried by said base for interconnecting said brush assembly with said first component in said lower recess;
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- means for massaging gums comprising a carrier having an internal cavity shaped to mate with the second end of the handle, and a material for massaging gums supported by the carrier, the means for massaging gums being removable from the handle;
- wherein said carrier has walls with a plurality of openings formed therein, and wherein said means for massaging gums further comprises a container of liquid disposed within said internal cavity of said carrier so as to disperse liquid upon insertion of the second end of the handle into the internal cavity, said material for massaging gums covering said openings and being porous so as to absorb the dispensed liquid for application to gums being massaged.
A toothbrush assembly comprising:
- a handle having first and second ends;
- a cylindrical shaped recess formed in the first end of said handle;
- a brush assembly having a base shaped to be received in said recess and an array of bristles protruding from the base;
- complementary fastening means having a first component provided in said recess and a second component carried by said base for interconnecting said brush assembly with said recess;
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- massaging means for massaging gums comprising a carrier having an internal cavity shaped to mate with the second end of the handle and a material for massaging gums supported by the carrier, the massaging means being removable from the handle;
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- wherein said carrier has walls with a plurality of openings formed therein, and said massaging means further comprises a container of liquid disposed within said internal cavity of said carrier and so positioned as to disperse liquid upon insertion of the second end of the handle into the internal cavity, said massaging means covering said openings and being porous so as to absorb the dispensed liquid for application to the gums being massaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.