Tongue hygiene device

- Peak Enterprises, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom plan view, with bristles omitted, of a tongue hygiene device embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view, with bristles omiitted, of a tongue hygiene device embodying our design; and,

FIG. 3 is a top plan view, with bristles omitted, of a tongue hygiene device embodying our design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D404129
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 3, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 12, 1999
Assignee: Peak Enterprises, Inc. (Sarasota, FL)
Inventors: Steven M. Wieder (Sarasota, FL), Thomas A. Oechslin (Sarasota, FL)
Primary Examiner: Doris Clark
Law Firm: Mayer, Brown & Platt
Application Number: 0/56,638
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cutting, Abrading, Scraping Or Puncturing (31) (D24/146)
International Classification: 2402;