Dental hygiene system handle
AssigneeJohn O. Butler Company
InventorsChristopher Stvartak, Kevin G. Yost
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Abstract
A dental hygiene system handle including a proximal grip section, a central control section, and a distal brush section, the central control section including four elastomeric lands for receiving the thumb and forefinger of a user on opposite sides of the central control section.
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A dental hygiene system handle well adapted for comfortable gripping, manipulating, and rotating about its longitudinal axis by a user comprising:
- a generally ellipsoidal proximal grip section with a distal brush section, and a central control section located therebetween,
- the central control section necking down and then diverging outwardly in a smooth curved contour to a pair of peaks near the distal end of the control section, and
- the central control section including two pairs of elastomeric lands on opposite sides of the central control section, one of each pair of lands for receiving the thumb of a user and the other of each pair of lands for receiving the forefinger of a user.
A dental hygiene system handle well adapted for comfortable gripping, manipulating, and rotating about its longitudinal axis comprising:
- a handle having a rigid base member that is selectively overmolded with elastomer, the handle having aproximal grip section, a distal brush section, and a central control section located therebetween,
- the central control section including elastomeric lands for receiving the thumb and forefinger of a user on opposite sides of the central control section,
- in which a through-slot is formed in the control section and a blind slot is formed in the proximal section of the handle to help anchor the elastomer to the rigid base member.
A dental hygiene system handle well adapted for comfortable gripping, manipulating, and rotating about its longitudinal axis comprising:
- a handle having a rigid base member that is selectively overmolded with elastomer, the handle having a proximal grip section, a distal brush section, and a central control section located therebetween,
- the central control section including four elastomeric lands for receiving the thumb and forefinger of a user on opposite sides of the central control section, and
- the rigid base member including an overmolding area extending from just distal to the end of the handle comprising a slot in the top of the base member that extends below the handle along its proximal and central control sections to form a half-moon cut-away profile on the bottom of the rigid base member.
A dental hygiene system handle well adapted for comfortable gripping, manipulating, and rotating about its longitudinal axis by a user comprising:
- a proximal grip section, a distal brush section, and a central control section located therebetween,
- the central control section including two pairs of elastomeric lands on opposite sides of the central control section, one of each pair of lands for receiving the thumb of a user and the other of each pair of lands for receiving the forefinger of a user,
- the lands being of a generally inverted teardrop shape, with a larger rounded end of the teardrop oriented generally toward the distal end of the central control section and a smaller, narrower rounded end of the teardrop oriented generally toward the proximal end of the central control section.
A dental hygiene system handle including a rigid base member with four generally perpendicular elongated ribs and elastomer molded therebetween to provide a series of upstanding rigid portions separated by a series of elastomeric valleys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.