Dental hygienic kit

• US 20130112591A1
• Filed: 11/09/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Perfect Paste LLC
• Original Assignee: Perfect Paste LLC
• Inventors: Allbritton, Deborah Maria
• Granted Patent: US 8,506,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/581
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/18 Receptacles for hair brushes or tooth brushes as travelling equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0044 where a tube is rolled up transverse to long axis
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1066 Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04

Abstract

An improved dental hygienic kit for use in brushing teeth which includes a flexible body element containing toothpaste, and a diameter restrictor that is engageable with an accompanying ergonomically-shaped toothbrush element to meter a suitable quantity of toothpaste thereon upon withdrawal of the toothbrush from the flexible body element, to ensure minimal toothpaste waste and spillage which is unique and non obvious.

Claims

1. An improved dental hygienic kit useful in the effective brushing of the teeth while materially avoiding irritation of the interior mouth surfaces, said kit comprising:

a flexible body element for storing and dispensing a measured quantity of toothpaste, and a removable toothbrush disposed within said flexible body element, said flexible body element comprising flexible walls, a closed bottom, and a substantially rigid, closable top including a flexible body sealing element for mating engagement with said toothbrush;

said removable toothbrush comprising grippable handle means disposed at the one end thereof for manually gripping and controlling use of said toothbrush, and a brush-bearing element comprising bristles disposed at the other end thereof and extending outwardly therefrom in a substantially single radial direction for operational use in the brushing of the teeth while materially avoiding engagement with the inner surface of the mouth, and a mating handle sealing element longitudinally disposed from said brush-bearing element on said removable toothbrush and disposed circumferentially therearound for mating engagement with said flexible body element sealing element, thereby convertibly to seal the toothpaste contents of said flexible body element from drying out, while providing access to said toothpaste contents upon removal therefrom of said toothbrush; and

said flexible body element further comprising a diameter restrictor disposed internally of said flexible body sealing element for insertion within and withdrawal therefrom of said brush-bearing element to retain thereon a measured quantity of toothpaste.

2. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said flexible body sealing element and said mating handle sealing element comprise operationally engageable male and female thread elements.

3. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said flexible body element is elongated.

4. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said flexible body element is substantially cylindrical in shape.

5. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 4, wherein the closed bottom of said flexible body element comprises a substantially flat seal.

6. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said flexible body element is rollable for use of substantially the entire toothpaste contents thereof.

7. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said grippable handle means is substantially larger in diameter than the brush-bearing element.

8. The improved dental hygienic kit of claim 1, wherein said a mating handle sealing element, comprises a grippable cap for said flexible body element and thereby is unitarily formed with said grippable handle means.