Pivot head toothbrush with mirror

• US 5,324,129 A
• Filed: 06/14/1993
• Issued: 06/28/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Todd J. Root
• Original Assignee: Todd J. Root
• Inventors: Root, Todd J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bratlie, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US08/075,611
• Time in Patent Office: 379 Days
• Field of Search: 401/176, 401/190, 401/278, 401/195, 401/281, 132/309, 15/172
• US Class Current: 401/195
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0017 with pre-pressurised reservoirs, e.g. aerosols
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0062 Brushes where the reservoir is specifically intended for being refilled when empty
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/00 Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0067 Brushes fitted with a drinking device, i.e. brushes with devices allowing drinking
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1066 Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/02 in an expanding or articulating manner

Abstract

A toothbrush having an elongate support shaft includes a brush head arranged for rotation and latching in a plurality of orientations relative to the support shaft to permit ease of access to various portions of an individual'"'"'s teeth during a brushing procedure.

Claims

1. A pivot head toothbrush, comprising,

an elongate rigid support shaft, having a support shaft first end and a support shaft second end, the support shaft first end including an elongate handle, with the handle and the support shaft coaxially aligned along an axis, and

the support shaft second end having a support shaft head, with the support shaft head including a support shaft head recess floor and a support shaft head plate parallel to said support shaft recess floor and parallel to said axis, with a brush head, the brush head including a top wall plate, and the top wall plate including a top wall plate shaft orthogonally and medially oriented relative to the top wall plate rotatably directed through the support shaft head, and

the top wall plate shaft including a threaded end portion projecting beyond the support shaft head recess floor, with the threaded end portion having a fastener dial threadedly mounted thereon in communication with the support shaft head recess floor, and

the fastener dial has a predetermined thickness, and wherein the support shaft head recess floor is spaced from a support shaft top wall a predetermined spacing of said predetermined thickness, and

the top wall plate includes a plurality of first ribs that are linearly aligned and radially directed into the top wall plate shaft, and a plurality of second ribs orthogonally oriented relative to said first ribs radially aligned relative to said top wall plate shaft, wherein the second ribs are linearly aligned relative to one another, and wherein the support shaft head face plate includes a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of second recesses, wherein said first recesses receive said first ribs and said second recesses receive said second ribs in a first position of said brush head when the brush head is in a first position, and wherein the first ribs are received within the second recesses and the second ribs are received within the first recesses when the brush head is in the second rotated position, and

the handle has a handle reservoir cavity and a handle cap, the handle cap including a compressed gas cartridge to effect pressurizing within said handle reservoir cavity, and a delivery conduit in communication with said reservoir cavity extending through said support shaft, with the delivery conduit having a valve plunger directed through said delivery conduit, with said valve plunger received within a valve plunger cavity having a valve plunger cavity floor, and a spring interposed between the valve plunger and the valve plunger cavity floor, the valve plunger including an annular feed groove to effect communication through said delivery conduit when said valve plunger is directed into said valve plunger cavity, and

a further conduit directed through said top wall plate shaft in communication with said delivery conduit, with the further conduit having an outlet port directed through said brush head bottom wall, and

a mirror plate housing and a mirror plate received within the mirror plate housing in a reciprocatable relationship, with the mirror plate including a mirror plate boss and the mirror plate housing having a housing slot, with the mirror plate boss received within the slot, with the boss arranged for reciprocation with said slot, and with the mirror plate received within said housing when the boss is oriented at a first end of said slot, and the mirror plate extended from said housing when the boss is oriented at a second end of said slot.