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US 7,111,350 B2Granted
Multi-part single-use toothbrush system
OwnerClyde Blackman, Ray Collettiinventors
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Abstract
A multi-part single-use toothbrush system includes an electric toothbrush such as a rotary electric toothbrush, a plurality of disposable toothbrush heads, some with one or more tooth-cleaning/preserving substances sufficient for a single use, and each with a connector for attachment to and detachment from the electric toothbrush, a dispenser for holding and dispensing such disposable toothbrush heads, and a plurality of sealed single use capsules each containing a brush head and one or more tooth-cleaning/preserving substances.
Claims9
A multi-part single-use toothbrush system comprises:
- an electric toothbrush including a rotatable or oscillatable segment that includes a first, male connector for a disposable toothbrush head, and a manually-operated ejector mechanism for engaging said head and for positively ejecting said head from said first connector, said male connector and said ejector mechanism being separate elements, and
- a plurality of disposable, round toothbrush heads, each with bristles forming a rounded profile at the ends of said bristles, said bristles carrying one or more tooth-cleaning/preserving substances sufficient for a single tooth-brushing use, each head including a second, female connector comprising a substantially flat surface with an opening of location, size and shape for attachment to said first, male connector, and for engagement with said elector mechanism upon manual activation of said ejector mechanism to cause positive ejection of said head from attachment to said first connector.
A multi-part single-use toothbrush system comprises:
- an electric toothbrush including a rotatable or oscillatable segment that includes a first, male connector for a disposable toothbrush head, and a manually-operated ejector mechanism for engaging said head and for positively ejecting said head from said first, male connector, said male connector and said ejector mechanism being separate elements;
- a plurality of disposable toothbrush heads, each including a second, female connector comprising a substantially flat surface with an opening of location, size and shape for attachment to and detachment from said first, male connector, and
- a plurality of single-use, closed capsules, each capsule containing said disposable, round toothbrush head, each head including bristles and one or more tooth-cleaning/preserving substances sufficient for a single use, with said substantially flat surface positioned in said capsule to engage said first, male connector upon removal of the closure from said capsule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.