TEETH CLEANING DEVICE
The present invention enables a person to brush and floss his/her teeth using a single device. The present invention comprises a handle having two ends, a dental floss support near one end of the handle for holding dental floss for flossing teeth, and bristles near the other end of the handle for brushing teeth. The dental floss support is removable from the handle and can be secured onto the handle in a parallel position with the handle when not in use.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/886,356, filed on Oct. 3, 2013.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a teeth cleaning device and more specifically relates to a device that can be used to brush and floss teeth.
2. Description of the Related Art
Various types of teeth cleaning devices for tooth brushing and dental flossing have been invented and produced, such as a dental flosser U.S. Pat. No. 8,555,901 and a toothbrush U.S. Patent D687,228. However, most teeth cleaning devices have either only tooth brushing function or only tooth flossing function. This makes thorough teeth cleaning not very convenient. To solve the problem, various inventions have been invented such as U.S. Patent D556,455 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,676,167. However, these inventions have several drawbacks. They either significantly increase manufacturing cost or are not very easy to use. Therefore, there is a need for inventing a new teeth cleaning device that not only integrates both tooth brushing and dental flossing functions into a single device, but also easy to fabricate and to use. The present invention is invented for this reason.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention integrates two functions, tooth brushing and dental flossing, into a single device. It enables a person to brush and floss his/her teeth using a single device. The present invention comprises a handle having two ends, a dental floss support near one end of the handle for holding dental floss for flossing teeth, and bristles near the other end of the handle for brushing teeth. The dental floss support can be removed from the handle and also can be mounted on the handle in various directions for easy flossing all teeth.
The present invention comprises a handle having two ends, a dental floss support near one end of the handle for holding dental floss for flossing teeth, and bristles near the other end of the handle for brushing teeth. The dental floss support is removable from the handle and can be secured onto the handle in a parallel position with the handle when not in use. The present invention enables a person to brush and floss his/her teeth using a single device.
Preferred Embodiment 1The recess 50 shown in
The recess 50 shown in
The above embodiments are presented for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Other modifications can be undertaken by a skilled artisan without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.
For example, the cross-sections of the recess 40 shown in
Claims
1. A teeth cleaning device comprising a handle having two ends, an object having at least two arms near one end of the handle, and bristles near the other end of the handle.
2. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said object has at least one recess at each distal end of said arms.
3. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said object has a pole at the bottom of the object.
4. The teeth cleaning device of claim 3 wherein the shape of the cross-section of said pole can be polygon, or round, or, crisscross.
5. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said object is removable from said handle.
6. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said handle has at least one recess near one end of the handle for holding said object upright.
7. The teeth cleaning device of claim 6 wherein the shape of the cross-section of said recess can be polygonal, or round, or crisscross.
8. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said handle has at least one recess for holding said object to an about parallel position with the handle.
9. The teeth cleaning device of claim 1 wherein said handle has an extruded structure near one end of the handle.
10. The teeth cleaning device of claim 9 wherein said extruded structure comprises a rod in direct contact with said handle and a head on the top of the rod.
11. A teeth cleaning device comprising a handle having two ends, an object having at least two arms near one end of the handle, and bristles near the other end of the handle.
12. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said object has at least one recess at each distal end of said arms.
13. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said object has an extruded structure at the bottom of the object, which comprises a rod in direct contact with the bottom of the object and a head on the top of the rod.
14. The teeth cleaning device of claim 13 wherein the shapes of the cross-section of said rod and said head can be polygon, or round, or crisscross.
15. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said object is removable from said handle.
16. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said handle has at least one recess at one end of the handle for holding said object upright.
17. The teeth cleaning device of claim 16 wherein the cross-section of said recess can be either polygonal, or round, or crisscross.
18. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said handle has at least one recess for holding said object to an about parallel position with the handle.
19. The teeth cleaning device of claim 11 wherein said handle has an extruded structure near one end of the handle.
20. The teeth cleaning device of claim 19 wherein said extruded structure comprises a rod in direct contact with said handle and a head on the top of the rod.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 23, 2013
Publication Date: Apr 9, 2015
Inventor: Alice Cai (Fayetteville, AR)
Application Number: 14/088,355
International Classification: A46B 15/00 (20060101);