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US 6,640,815 B1Granted
Consumer usable popcorn kernel and/or husk removing dental instrument
OwnerGregory J. Roseninventor
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Abstract
A dental instrument including a plastic handle with a generally planar pick at at least one of its ends, with the pick being of a plastic or emery board composition of given shape and angulation, with a rasped surface about edge portions of the pick so as to fit within a user's mouth on either the inside or outside of the gingiva, in serving as an emergency dental treatment relief device in dislodging popcorn stuck in the teeth.
Claims2
A consumer usable popcorn kernel and/or husk removing dental instrument, comprising:
- a plastic handle having first and second opposing ends;
- a first generally planar pick at said first end extending axially of said handle to a first point, then extending downwardly therefrom to a second point, and then extending upwardly therefrom to a third point;
- a second generally planar pick at said second end extending axially of said handle to a first point, then extending upwardly therefrom to a second point and then extending downwardly therefrom to a third point;
- and with each of said first and second generally planar picks being of one of plastic and emery board composition of given shape and angulation, with a rasped surface about edge flat portions thereof to dislodge a stuck kernel and/or husk by a downward motion and to remove it by an upward motion.
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