Oral care instrument
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsUwe Jungnickel, Niclas Altmann
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Abstract
An oral hygiene implement is described herein. The oral hygiene implement has a handle; a head, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. The head has a plurality of contact elements. An indication element is positioned between the neck and handle of the oral hygiene element. A transmission element is positioned between the indication element and a light emitting source. The light emitting source provides electromagnetic energy to the transmission element.
Claims17
An oral hygiene implement comprising a handle, a head, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head, the head comprising a plurality of contact elements extending from a first surface, the oral hygiene implement further comprising:
- an output source wherein the output source is a light;
- a transmission element in electromagnetic energy communication with the output source wherein the transmission element and the output source are discrete;
- a transmission element ring comprising a bottom edge and in electromagnetic energy communication with the transmission element;
- a reflective core disposed within the transmission element, wherein the reflective core redirects electromagnetic energy from the output source to an indication element;
- wherein the indication element disposed between the handle and the neck comprises an outer lateral surface extending around a circumference wherein light is emitted from the lateral surface of the indication element and wherein the light is distributed approximately evenly around the circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.