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US 8,776,806 B2Granted
Oral hygiene device with floss storage capability
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsDouglas Hohlbein, Alan Sorrentino, James Herbert Kemp, Emily Fink
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Abstract
An oral hygiene device is provided having a head and a handle. The handle is configured to accommodate a user's hand grip when the head is inserted into a user's mouth. The head is further configured to accommodate, at a distal end of the handle, a proximal end of the head. One of the head and the handle is provided with a cavity configured to receive a supply of floss. The cavity becomes accessible when the head and the handle are at least partially detached from one another.
Claims21
A toothbrush comprising:
- a head having bristles extending outwardly therefrom;
- a handle configured to accommodate, at a distal end of the handle, a proximal end of the head;
- a cavity provided in one of the head and the handle;
- a supply of floss disposed within the cavity;
- wherein one end of a strand of the supply of floss is affixed to the head and the other end of the strand of the supply of floss is affixed to the handle;
- and
- wherein the cavity becomes accessible when the head and the handle are at least partially detached from one another along an interface of the handle and the head, the interface located at the distal end of the handle and the proximal end of the head, the proximal end of the head being narrowed relative to the distal end of the handle.
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A toothbrush comprising:
- a head having bristles extending outwardly therefrom;
- a handle configured to accommodate, at a distal end of the handle, a proximal end of the head;
- a cavity provided in one of the head and the handle;
- a supply of floss disposed within the cavity;
- wherein the cavity becomes accessible when the head and the handle are at least partially detached from one another along an interface of the handle and the head;
- wherein one of the handle and the head includes a bore and the other of the handle and the head includes a shaft configured for slidable insertion into the bore;
- wherein one of the bore and the shaft comprises a keyway and the other of the bore and the shaft comprises a key, the key having a passageway extending therethrough, a portion of the supply of floss extending through the passageway to inhibit free extension of the supply of floss from the cavity;
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- wherein relative rotation between the handle and the head is prevented by engagement between the keyway and the key.
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A toothbrush comprising:
- a head having bristles extending outwardly therefrom;
- a handle configured to accommodate, at a distal end of the handle, a proximal end of the head;
- a bore in one of the handle or the head and a shaft on the other of the handle or the head, the shaft configured for insertion into the bore, the shaft having a longitudinal axis;
- a projection extending outwardly from the shaft;
- and
- wherein one end of a strand of a supply of floss is affixed to one of the head or the handle by winding the supply of floss around the shaft beneath the projection, the projection forming a hook that prevents upward axial movement of the supply of floss along the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.