Oral hygiene and lingual stimulation device
OwnerArnold J. Desiderioinventor
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Abstract
An elongated, flexible, unitary oral hygiene and lingual stimulation device which has a handle portion at one end, an interdental and gingival margin cleaning portion at the opposite end, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The intermediate portion may be folded back on itself to form a loop when the ends of the device are brought together. The loop may be scraped gently over the surface of the tongue to remove dead cells, food debris and bacteria and to provide a pleasing and stimulating sensation for the user.
Claims20
An elongated, flexible, unitary oral hygiene and lingual stimulation device comprising:
- a handle portion disposed at one end,
- an interdental and gingival margin cleaning portion disposed at the opposite end, and
- means for forming a loop comprising an intermediate portion disposed between said handle portion and said cleaning portion, said intermediate portion being movable between a generally elongated position wherein said interdental and gingival margin cleaning portion is generally linearly oriented with respect to said handle portion and a curvilinear position wherein said interdental and gingival margin cleaning portion contacts said handle portion to form said loop,
- said loop comprising, means for removing dead cells, food debris and bacteria from the tongue and for stimulating tongue surfaces when the device is gently scraped over the tongue.
A method of removing dead cells, food debris and bacteria from the tongue and for stimulating tongue surfaces comprising gently scraping said tongue surfaces with a longitudinal edge of a narrow, flexible strip which has been bent to form a loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.