Toothbrush for false teeth
AssigneeShuang-Ho-E Co., Ltd.
InventorCheng-Ho Huang
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Abstract
A toothbrush for false teeth includes first and second sets of bristles respectively implanted in a bottom face and a top face of a brush head, and a handle integrally formed with the brush head, the handle having a first and second recesses defined in a first side and a third recess defined in a second side face opposite the first side. The recesses arranged such that the brush can be gripped using just the index and middle fingers, and the thumb, in either of two positions, one of which is especially suitable for cleaning surfaces of the teeth, and the other of which is especially suitable for cleaning metal parts and gaps in the false teeth.
Claims12
A toothbrush for false teeth, comprising:
- a brush head having a bottom face, a top face, and side faces, said side faces extending between the bottom and top faces, said brush head further including a first set of bristles implanted on the bottom face and a second set of bristles implanted on the top face;
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- a handle integrally formed with the brush head, said handle including a first side face and a second side face that extend from and are generally parallel to respective said side faces of the brush head, first and second recesses defined in said first side face, and a third recess defined in said second side face at a position opposite the first and second recesses, and an abutting end formed on an end thereof and adjacent to the second recess,
- wherein said first and second recesses are arranged to respectively accommodate an index finger and a middle finger of a person using the brush, and said third recess is arranged to simultaneously accommodate a thumb of said person so as to enable metal parts and gaps between the false teeth to be brushed, and
- wherein said first recess is also arranged to accommodate the thumb of the user and the third recess is also arranged to simultaneously accommodate the index finger and the middle finger of the user so as to enable surfaces of said false teeth to be brushed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.