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Interdental toothcleaner holder

  • US 5,435,033 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1994
  • Issued: 07/25/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A support for an interdental toothcleaner which toothcleaner has a relatively stiff but bendable stem and cleaning means on the stem, said support comprising:

  • an elongated neck having an end;

    a tip projecting radially from the neck adjacent to but spaced from the end thereof;

    a hole extending transversely through the tip and the neck;

    a groove in said neck extending longitudinally along said neck from said end and crossing said hole diametrically opposite the tip;

    a cap having a passage therethrough through which the neck extends so that the cap is slidable longitudinally along said neck from said end, said passage having a closed end and an open end;

    a first slot in the cap extending longitudinally along a portion of the cap over the groove in the neck, said first slot being shorter than the length of the cap with the ends of the first slot being spaced from the ends of the cap; and

    a second slot extending through and longitudinally along the cap through which the tip extends to allow the cap to be moved, said second slot extending from the open end of the cap to a point adjacent but spaced from the closed end of the cap;

    the hole in the neck adapted to receive the stem of an interdental toothcleaner which also extends through the first slot in the cap, means at one end of the first slot to engage said stem as the cap is slid in one direction along the neck to bend the stem and press it into the groove in the neck and thereby lock the toothcleaner to the support, and means at the other end of the first slot to engage the end of the stem which the cap is slid in the opposite direction along the neck to lift the stem out of the groove and thereby allow the toothcleaner to be removed from the support.

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