Oral care device
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsCasper Wein-Tien Chiang, Andy Yang, Ben Wang
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Abstract
An oral care device includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and one or more oral care elements extending from the head. The device also includes a drive for engaging a base portion of each of the one or more oral care elements and for positioning each oral care element relative to that portion of the head from which the oral care element projects based on the motion of the oral care device. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each oral care element is a tuft of one or more bristles.
Claims15
An oral care device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a head extending from the handle;
- one or more oral care elements extending from the head;
- and
- a drive for engaging a base portion of each of the one or more oral care elements and for positioning each said oral care element relative to that portion of the head from which the oral care element projects based on the motion of the oral care device, wherein each oral care element is positioned to be angled towards a direction of motion of the oral care device.
An oral care device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a head extending from the handle;
- one or more oral care elements extending from the head;
- and
- means for engaging a base portion of each of the one or more oral care elements and for positioning each said oral care element relative to that portion of the head from which the oral care element projects based on the motion of the oral care device.
A method of adjusting an oral care device as it is being used, comprising the steps of:
- providing an oral care device having a handle, a head extending from the handle, one or more oral care elements extending from the head, and a drive which engages a base portion of each of the one or more oral care elements;
- automatically sensing the motion of the oral care device;
- and
- automatically adjusting the position of each said oral care element relative to that portion of the head from which the oral care element projects based on the motion of the oral care device to achieve enhanced oral care.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.