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US 5,711,759 AGranted
Oral hygiene device
OwnerJennifer Maria Smith, Steven Ernest Smithinventors
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Abstract
An oral hygiene device for use by infants, toddlers and small children as an effective tool for soothing and strengthening the gums and, when the new teeth begin to grow in, as an implement employed to keep the teeth clean and maintain both the gums and the teeth in a healthy condition, comprising a handle member, which is symmetrically oriented about a longitudinal axis, a head member, a nodule support surface and a plurality of nodules of varying heights and thicknesses supported by and extending from the nodule support surface, and a flange member mounted at the interface of the handle member and the head member. The head member and the nodule support surface are oriented longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the handle member.
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An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented about a handle axis with the handle member having a first end and a second end, and
- a head member having a generally oval shape, including a forward end and a back end and a nodule support surface, such head member and said nodule support surface extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said handle axis, and a plurality of nodules of varying heights and thicknesses supported by and extending from said nodule support surface, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the handle axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member, and
- said forward end of said head member having a shape that is slightly elongated and tapered relative to the shape of said back end of said head member.
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An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented around a principal axis, said handle member having an annular shape and a first end and a second end,
- a head member having a generally oval shape, including a forward end and a back end and a nodule support, said head member and said nodule support surface extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said principal axis, and a plurality of nodules of varying heights and thicknesses supported by and extending from said nodule support surface, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the principal axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member, and
- said forward end of said head member having a shape that is slightly elongated and tapered relative to the shape of said back end of said head member.
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An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented about a handle axis with the handle member having a first end and a second end, and
- a head member having a generally rectangular shape including a forward end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface and a front surface, said head member extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said handle axis and including a plurality of first nodule groupings disposed upon said top surface, said first side surface, said second side surface and said bottom surface in a direction generally in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said head member and a plurality of second nodule groupings disposed upon said front surface in a direction transverse to the orientation of the handle axis, each of said first and second nodule groupings including a plurality of annular projections, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the handle axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member.
An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented around a principal axis, said handle member having an annular shape and a first end and a second end, and
- a head member having a generally rectangular shape including a forward end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a front surface, said head member extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said principal axis and including a plurality of first nodule groupings disposed upon said top surface, said first side surface, said second side surface and said bottom surface in a direction generally in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said head member and a plurality of second nodule groupings disposed upon said front surface in a direction transverse to the orientation of the principal axis, each of said first and second nodule groupings including a plurality of annular projections, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the principal axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member.
An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented about a handle axis with the handle member having a first end and a second end, and
- a head member having a generally rectangular shape including a forward end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a front surface, said head member extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said handle axis and including a plurality of first nodule groupings upon said top surface, first side surface, second side surface and bottom surface disposed in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said head member and a plurality of second nodule groupings disposed upon said front surface in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said head member, each of said nodule groupings including a plurality of generally rectangular shape annular projections and interspersed between each of said generally rectangular shape projections a shorter inverted V-shape projection, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the handle axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member.
An oral hygiene device for infants and young children comprising:
- a handle member symmetrically oriented around a principal axis, said handle member having an annular shape and a first end and a second end, and
- a head member having a generally rectangular shape including a forward end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface and a front surface, said head member extending longitudinally in a direction generally in alignment with said principal axis and including a plurality of first nodule groupings upon said top surface, first side surface, second side surface and said bottom surface disposed in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said head member and a plurality of second nodule groupings disposed upon said front surface in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said head member, each of said nodule groupings including a plurality of generally rectangular shape annular projections and interspersed between each of said generally rectangular shape projections a shorter inverted V-shape projection, and
- a resilient abutment flange normally oriented relative to the principal axis fixedly mounted to said first end at an interface of the handle member and said head member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.