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US 8,572,794 B2Granted
Oral-care brushing implement
OwnerDilcia Yamileth Pateinventor
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Abstract
An oral-care brushing implement having a circumferential bristle arrangement secured to a cushioned surface head with an annular guard to facilitate effective, efficient, and safe use by a user with impaired dexterity and/or skill, and an ornamental appearance to incentivize use by the user.
Claims16
An oral-care brushing implement comprising:
- a handle having a gripping region;
- a head assembly secured at an end of the handle, the head assembly having an intermediary region and a brushing region;
- an ornamental region comprising the handle and the intermediary region, the ornamental region defining a three-dimensional sculpture, wherein the three-dimensional sculpture is shaped to resemble a character, wherein the character has an anatomical shape with a torso defining a gripping region, the outermost portion of the three-dimensional sculpture defining the brushing region, and the intermediary region spacing the gripping region and the brushing region;
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- a plurality of bristles radiating from a top of the head assembly to define a portion of the three-dimensional sculpture.
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An oral-care brushing implement having an ornamental outer surface that resembles a character, the implement comprising:
- a handle having a gripping region comprising a flared bottom portion, a flared top portion, and a narrow central portion including front, rear, left, and right cavities for biasing a hand of a user towards the central portion, the left and right cavities depressing farther than the front and back cavities with respect to the flared portions, the flared bottom portion having a flat bottom for balancing the implement thereon, and the handle having rounded edges and rounded corners;
- a head assembly including an extension and a top, the head assembly secured at an end of the handle;
- an ornamental region comprising the handle and the extension, the ornamental region defining a three-dimensional sculpture, wherein the handle is shaped to resemble a torso and the extension is shaped to resemble a head, the extension having a substantially uniform thickness, and at least one facial feature suggesting a positive mood, for enticing a child to use the implement;
- a plurality of tufts each including a plurality of bristles of varying lengths;
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- a guard secured between the handle and the head assembly to partially enclose the handle, the hand guard having a hand-abutment lower surface and a face-abutment upper surface, wherein the face-abutment upper surface is convex so that the upper surface forms a dome shape, wherein the guard is between the head-shaped extension and the torso-shaped handle,
- wherein,
- the extension spaces the top from the handle, and
- the top includes (i) a support rod secured at an end of the extension and (ii) a circumferential cushion mounted to the support rod, wherein the support rod and the circumferential cushion form a cylindrical portion and the top further includes a rounded tip, the plurality of tufts extending from the cylindrical portion in a circumferential configuration and extending from the tip in a partial spherical configuration.
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