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US 5,459,898 AGranted
Toothbrush for partial denture plate and natural teeth
OwnerLeonard B. Bacolotinventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush for partial denture plate and natural teeth wherein an elongate handle includes a brush head plate having a first matrix of bristles, with the first matrix of bristles including an arcuate profile to permit cleansing of natural teeth and partial plates, with a conical second matrix of bristles integral with the handle at a second end of the handle spaced from the first matrix of bristles, such that the conical second matrix of bristles is arranged for cleaning clasp openings within the partial denture plates, that in turn are secured to a user's natural teeth.
Claims5
A toothbrush, comprising,
- an elongate central handle, the handle having a handle first end, with a brush head plate integrally attached to the handle first end, and a generally conical handle portion extending from the central handle terminating in a handle second end,
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- the brush head plate having a brush head plate top wall, with the brush head plate top wall including a plurality of parallel rows of first bristle tufts defining a first matrix of bristles extending therefrom, the first matrix of bristles terminates in an arcuate profile with the arcuate profile spaced from the brush head plate top wall at the outermost distal end of the first matrix of bristles;
- a conical second matrix of bristles integrally attached with and extending radially from the conical handle portion, said second matrix extends along the conical handle portion to the second end and is defined by a plurality of parallel annular rows of bristles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.