Toothbrushing timer apparatus and method of using same

A tooth brushing timer system, comprising:

• a tooth display unit including a tooth carrying body having a plurality of tooth-shaped bodies mounted thereon and a tongue-shaped body mounted therein, wherein the tooth carrying body, the tongue-shaped body, and said tooth-shaped bodies are jointly configured in a manner whereby the tooth carrying body and said tooth-shaped bodies jointly resemble a mouth in a partially or fully open orientation with a first set of said tooth-shaped bodies attached to an upper dental gum, a second set of said tooth-shaped bodies attached to a lower dental gum, and the tongue-shaped body disposed adjacent to the lower dental gum, wherein each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes a light transmissive shell having at least two discretely illuminatable portions mounted within a cavity thereof, wherein the light transmissive shell of each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes exterior surfaces jointly configured to define a representation of at least one of an incisor tooth, a molar tooth, and a canine tooth, and wherein the tongue-shaped body is selectively illuminable with respect to said tooth-shaped bodies;
• a lighting apparatus coupled to said discretely illuminatable portions of each one of said tooth-shaped bodies, wherein the lighting apparatus is configured to selectively cause said discretely illuminatable portions to be selectively illuminated for a prescribed duration of time in a prescribed sequence and wherein the lighting apparatus outputs light of varying color such that during activation thereof said discretely illuminatable portions of said tooth-shaped bodies change from a first color to a second color during a respective prescribed duration of time;
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• an audio output device coupled to all of said activatable light output devices, wherein the audio output device outputs audio content dependent upon which ones of said activatable light output devices are activated for outputting light, wherein a first collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a first prescribed period of time, wherein a second collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a second prescribed period of time different than the first prescribed period of time, and wherein the audio output device outputs first audio content during the first period of time and second audio content during the second period of time.

A method for indicating a duration of time for brushing designated tooth-shaped bodies and specific portions thereof, comprising:

• receiving a signal initializing a tooth brushing session, wherein the signal is received by a lighting apparatus coupled to discretely ilium inatable portions of tooth-shaped bodies mounted within a tooth display unit configured in a manner whereby a tooth carrying body of the tooth display unit and said tooth-shaped bodies resemble a mouth in a partially or fully open orientation with a first set of said tooth-shaped bodies attached to an upper dental gum and a second set of said tooth-shaped bodies attached to a lower dental gum, and wherein each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes a light transmissive shell having a plurality of discretely illuminatable portions mounted within a cavity thereof;
• illuminating a first one of said illuminatable portions of at least one of said tooth-shaped bodies for a first prescribed duration of time in response to receiving the signal, wherein illuminating said first illuminatable portions includes outputting light of varying color such that during illumination thereof said first illuminatable portions changes from a first color to a second color during the first prescribed duration of time;
• illuminating a second one of said illuminatable portions of said at least one tooth-shaped body for a second prescribed duration of time after the first prescribed duration of time elapses and in accordance with a prescribed sequence of illuminating said discretely illuminatable portions thereof, wherein illuminating said second illuminatable portions includes outputting light of varying color such that during illumination thereof said second illuminatable portions changes from a first color to a second color during the second prescribed duration of time;
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• an audio output device coupled to all of said activatable light output devices, wherein the audio output device outputs audio content dependent upon which ones of said activatable light output devices are activated for outputting light, wherein a first collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a first prescribed period of time, wherein a second collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a second prescribed period of time different than the first prescribed period of time, wherein the audio output device outputs first audio content during the first period of time and second audio content during the second period of time, wherein said first audio content includes a first song having been downloaded to memory of the apparatus, and wherein the second audio content includes a second song having been downloaded to said memory of the apparatus.