Angularly adjustable double headed toothbrush
OwnerIssar Bortmaninventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush has a brush portion pivotally connected to the handle. The head portion of the toothbrush may be provided with a pair of opposed facing brushes for simultaneously brushing both sides of a tooth. Three different pivotal mechanisms may be utilized for securing the head portion of the toothbrush to the handle at a selected angular adjustment. In a first embodiment, a slip ring is utilized to squeeze a collet around a pivot ball. In a second embodiment, a pivot ball is retained in adjusted position by frictional engagement with a socket in the handle of the brush. In a third embodiment, a threaded sleeve is utilized to lock a pivot ball attached to the head portion of the toothbursh in an adjusted position.
Claims2
A double headed pivotal toothbrush, comprising:
- a handle portion;
- a bifurcated head portion having spaced facing brushes;
- a pivotal connection between said handle portion and said head portion including a ball attached to said handle portion by an elongated reduced diameter neck and a longitudinally slotted socket collet attached to said head portion;
- said head portion and said socket integrally molded from a plastic material;
- a slip ring disposed around an outer surface of said socket collet for expanding and contracting said collet;
- a curved radially projecting circular lip formed at an outer end of said socket collet;
- an outer surface of said collet from said head portion to said radially projecting lip being generally cylindrical;
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- a concave spherical seat formed within said sicket collet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.