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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8245348 | Manual toothbrush A manual toothbrush with a handle and a toothbrush head mounted on the handle. A pivot bearing for pivoting the toothbrush head relative to the handle is arranged between the toothbrush head and the handle. ... | 08/21/2012 |
| 7930792 | Oral care implement An oral care implement includes a head platform having a plurality of faces with bristles extending therefrom. The oral care implement can have a pair of opposite bristled faces and the bristles can extend from the faces in opposite directions. The oral care impleme... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7805796 | Manual toothbrush A manual toothbrush with a handle and a toothbrush head mounted on the handle. A pivot bearing for pivoting the toothbrush head relative to the handle is arranged between the toothbrush head and the handle. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7698772 | Orthodontic toothbrush A toothbrush with a head having at least one pair of twisted wire brushes secured to the head's top surface in a position that creates a narrow and substantially uniform trench between the bristles of opposing brushes. Head construction may be solid, curved, blunt, ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7627923 | Toothbrush A toothbrush (1) including a handle (15) and a brushing head (2) with two brushing compartments (3, 4). The upper brushing compartment (3) is engageable by the teeth of the upper jaw and the lower brushing compartment (4) is... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7360270 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head having a bristle carrying surface formed from a thin resilient flexible dome shaped membrane. An air space is located between the base of the head and the membrane so that the membrane is capable of flexing to alter its original shape du... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7275277 | Flexible toothbrush head A head for use with a toothbrush and method for forming the same, comprising an outer perimeter portion formed of a rigid material. The rigid material is adapted to allow the head to be sonically welded. The head also comprises a tuft field positioned within the out... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258078 | Animal tail or limb grooming brush A brush for grooming, brushing, cleaning, fluffing, and combing the tail, limb, or paw of an animal. The grooming brush has a pair of opposing semi-circular brushes on a scissors-like hand operated device. The semicircular brushes are placed around the base of the t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225494 | Multi-motion toothbrush An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. First and second bristle holders are associated with the head. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7175238 | Process and arrangements for producing a toothbrush, the toothbrush, and also the use of the toothbrush A method and a device are described for manufacturing of a toothbrush from a starting-material which comprises a handle that runs into a neck part which divides into two equal and diverging arms/head parts, in which the bristle-carrying surface (bottom surfaces) of ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171971 | Dental floss device with a stackable dental floss holder An improved dental floss device, a stackable dental floss holder, and a handle for receiving the dental floss holder are disclosed. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168125 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head and a handle, wherein the head has a plurality of dense packs of bristles surrounded by a plurality of tufts. The tufts can be inclined, extended farther from the head than the cleaning members to retain dentifrice, and at either end or ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156105 | Applicator, device, and method An applicator for applying a product to hair may include a support not including a twisted wire and at least one through hole extending through the support. The at least one through hole may have a non-constant cross-section. The applicator may also include a tuft o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7093316 | Gels for force gauging For effective plaque removal, a combination of a gel force gauging component and a plaque removing gel component are employed to prevent tooth and gum damage over gel rigidity range of from about 75 gram Bloom to about 300 gram bloom. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082638 | Electro-motion toothbrush The present invention relates to an electromotive toothbrush and more particularly, to an electromotive toothbrush, comprising upper and lower tooth covers surrounding and covering upper and lower teeth, respectively, and having bristles formed at a surface contacti... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073225 | Plaque eradicating system utilizing a plurality of double-sided toothbrushes or toothbrush heads The present invention 10 discloses a plaque eradicating toothbrush series having a set of toothbrushes 12, 22, 28 with multiple functions and can be provided with interchangeable brush heads or in one piece. Both sides of the toothbrush comprise either... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069615 | Squeegee device and system A toothbrush is disclosed that includes and applicator head and a handle coupled to the applicator head for manipulating the applicator head while cleaning teeth and gums. The applicator head includes a curved squeegee element and bristles that surround elongated wa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059853 | Oral irrigation and/or brushing devices and/or methods An oral hygiene device having, in one embodiment, a unique, peristaltic pump water streaming or jet action; and in another embodiment, a multi-headed toothbrush may also be disposed on the end of a handle on which the jet nozzle or nozzles are disposed. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051394 | Dentition cleaning device and system An electric toothbrush is disclosed that includes and applicator head and a motorized handle coupled to the applicator head for moving the applicator head while cleaning teeth and gums. The applicator head includes a curved squeegee element and bristles that surroun... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051395 | Disposable and foldable toothbrush A disposable toothbrush that can folded and unfolded upon it self is shown and described. The toothbrush is constructed of two folding sections that each contain bristles each half can join to the other half and so provide a rigid toothbrush for brushing. Prior to u... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047589 | Dentition cleaning device and system An oral-care device with a power cleaning head is disclosed. The power cleaning head comprises squeegee wiping elements or squeegee wiping elements and bristles. The power cleaning head is configured to rotate, oscillate, vibrate or otherwise move while cleaning tee... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036179 | Brush, especially a toothbrush A brush and in particular a tooth brush comprises a brush body and a bristle carrier supporting a plurality of bristles and being preferably removably retained on the brush body. The bristle carrier, consisting of soft-elastic plastic material, is formed as a cap an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036180 | Tooth brush with four bristle groups A toothbrush for use on domestic pets, comprising a toothbrush head with each end curved upward at roughly 30 degree angles, and four sets of soft bristles attached to the head. Three sets of bristles are attached to the front face of the brush head, with two sets p... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6944903 | Dentition cleaning device and system An applicator with squeegee configurations is disclosed. The applicator has a removable cover. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, the removable cover is sealed through a squeegee edge using a suitable adhesive. The removable cover can be formed fro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6823554 | Oral devices An oral device is provided that includes a handle, a head, extending from the handle and having a pair of elongated arms that include opposed surfaces; and a pair of opposed cleaning elements, mounted on the opposed surfaces, the cleaning elements being constructed ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6810550 | Toothbrush The toothbrush consists of a brush head with bunches of bristles (2, 3, 4) arranged in a longitudinal bristle bed (1) and a handle (6), which is connected to the bristle bed (1) by a connecting part (5). The length of the bunches o... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6658686 | Rotary disc toothbrush A toothbrush design which more effectively permits bristle penetration into the spaces between tooth and gum for removal of plaque and food debris lodged within these spaces. The toothbrush design incorporates a rotatable brush disc having a plurality of ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6625834 | Manual toothbrush for gingival tissue stimulation A preferably non-electric, non-mechanically actuated toothbrush is provided having a generally U-shaped appearance with a rotary brush located, during use, on each side of a tooth to be cleaned. The brushes are configured to rotate about an axis which is ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6453501 | Animal toothbrush A toothbrush for pets and animals, which easily conforms to compound and complex shapes of an animal's teeth, and which cleans substantially all surfaces of an animal's tooth at the same time, during brushing. The toothbrush is capable of being used with ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6401288 | Mechanical toothbrush with opposed dual heads and having oscillatory movement An electric toothbrush is provided with an electric motor and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a motion translation means to convert rotary motion to oscillatory movement of a drive shaft adapted to be received on the brush head portion... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6381794 | Electric toothbrush having dual heads with oscillatory movement A brush head portion for an electric toothbrush is adapted to be removably connected to a power handle. The brush head portion comprises a pair of opposed bristle head portions. A longitudinal hollow shaft and terminates at a fixed cover portion which is ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6353956 | Combined ultrasonic toothbrush module A U-shaped, ultrasonic toothbrush module to be used with currently available ultrasonic toothbrush hand pieces made of soft thermoplastic, silicone, or latex material with upper and lower bridge receiving spaces formed on opposite sides. The receiving spa... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6343396 | Rotary tooth cleaning device A tooth cleaning device having (a) a tooth cleaning head, including: (i) a housing with sides that straddle the tooth along both long faces and defining a longitudinal axis extending between the sides thereof and along the long faces; (ii) gears affixed a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6334232 | Toothbrush and electric toothbrush A toothbrush for removing plaque, tarter and calculus from teeth. The toothbrush includes an elongated grip handle having a plurality of toothbrush bodies mounted on an end. The toothbrush bodies are adapted to clean various surfaces of teeth simultaneous... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6254390 | Oral burnisher An oral burnisher includes a "U" shaped head at one end of the handle. The head includes a pair of substantially parallel side panels and a back panel covered by a thermoplastic elastomer sheath. The side panels include inwardly facing arrays of thermopla... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6209164 | Toothbrush and electric toothbrush A toothbrush for removing plaque, tartar, and calculus from teeth. The toothbrush includes an elongated grip handle having a plurality of toothbrush bodies mounted on a an end. The toothbrush bodies are adapted to clean various surfaces of the teeth simul... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6138689 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having at least one brushing head disposed at one of its ends, the toothbrush comprising a handle, the handle comprising a longitudinal grip portion and at least one bifurcated end portion. The bifurcated end portion is having two cleansing m... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6115871 | Toothbrush structure with multiple directional bristle portions An improved toothbrush having a longitudinally extending base handle member with an upper surface and a lower surface and having opposing side surfaces, such base handle member having a longitudinal axis and a handle end and a brush end, with a first grou... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112361 | Twin-headed toothbrush A new and improved toothbrush has a pair of discreet twin brushing heads. The heads are arranged side-by-side with independent head flexure. The heads are attached to the handle through use of two discrete neck segments that have purposeful flexure. Each ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6108852 | Oral hygiene devices and manufacturing methods therefor A comprehensive oral hygiene device preferably having a multi-headed oral care brush disposed at one end of an elongated handle and a manufacturing process therefor. The oral care brush of the present invention has at least one head and preferably two hea... | 08/29/2000 |
