Patents by Inventor Frithjof Hecker

Frithjof Hecker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for disinfecting the brush heads of toothbrushes
    Patent number: 6123477
    Abstract: In a method for disinfecting the brush head of a toothbrush, disinfecting bristles (20, 200) are mounted on a substrate and are wetted with a disinfectant (15). The wetted disinfecting bristles are inserted between toothbrush bristles (17) of a toothbrush head (11) and maintained between the toothbrush bristles for a time selected to disinfect the toothbrush bristles. The bristles can be inserted between the toothbrush bristles dry and subsequently wetted with the disinfectant. An apparatus for performing the method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventor: Frithjof Hecker
  • Care station for toothbrushes
    Patent number: 5922292
    Abstract: In a toothbrush cleaning station, the bristles of a toothbrush are brought into contact with a disinfectant. The toothbrush cleaning station has a spraying device for the disinfectant to be sprayed on the bristles and a support for the bristles of the toothbrush in the disinfectant spraying area. A holder holds the toothbrush and at the same time forms a holder for the can-shaped spraying device. The holder for the spraying device retains it in a position in which the bristles of the toothbrush remain in the disinfectant spraying area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Inventors: Frithjof Hecker, Norman Duczek