Toothbrush having a tongue scraper disposed therein

• US 5,530,981 A
• Filed: 04/24/1995
• Issued: 07/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wen-Sqn Chen
• Original Assignee: Wen-Sqn Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Wen-sqn
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Gary K.
• Application Number:
  US08/427,204
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 15/172, 15/144.1, 15/167.1, 15/167.2, 15/171, 15/184, 15/785, 15/111, 15/110, 15/112, 15/113, 606/161
• US Class Current: 15/111
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0055 Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0075 being adjustable and stable during use
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0083 Mechanical joint allowing adjustment in at least one plane

Abstract

A toothbrush having a scraper disposed therein includes a handle and a bristle portion which has a barrel connected therewith and is pivotally engaged to the handle with a cylinder disposed to the barrel pivotally engaged between two ears extending from an end of the handle, the handle having a groove defined in a side thereof for the scraper to be inserted therein, each of the ears having a first recess defined therein and the cylinder having a plurality of short grooves defined in both ends thereof, the scraper having a first end and having two parts extending therefrom for insertion into said short grooves, a hook portion formed to one of the parts laterally and engaged with the first recess of the ear, the scraper having a T-shaped plate slidably received in the groove of the handle.

Claims

1. A toothbrush having a scraper disposed therein, said toothbrush comprising a bristle portion and a handle;

said handle having a first end and a second end, said first end thereof having two ears extending longitudinally from two opposite sides thereof, each ear extending from one of said two opposite sides of said handle and having a hole defined therein, a first recess defined in an inner surface of each of said two ears, a second recess defined in said first end of said handle between said two ears, a longitudinal groove defined in one in one of said two opposite sides of said handle and said longitudinal groove longitudinally extending through said handle to an opening at said second end of said handle;

said bristle portion comprising an elongated barrel having bristles attached at one end and a transversely oriented cylinder attached at the other end of said barrel, said cylinder defining a longitudinal axis, said cylinder being inserted into said second recess, said cylinder having two ends and a stud extending centrally from each of two ends thereof for engagement with said corresponding hole of said ear and a plurality of short grooves defined in each of said two ends of said cylinder, each of said short grooves having a central axis passing through said longitudinal axis of said cylinder and extending through a periphery of said cylinder, and

said scraper being a flexible and elongated plate and having a first end and a second end, said first end thereof having a first part and a second part both extending longitudinally from two opposite sides thereof, said first pate divided into a first portion and a second portion by a slit longitudinally defined therebetween, said second portion having a hook portion and a T-shaped plate extending laterally therefrom, said scraper inserted in said longitudinal groove with said first end thereof entering said second end of said handle, and first part and said second part each respectively inserted into one of said short grooves defined in said two ends of said cylinder and said hook portion being engaged with one of said first recesses.

2. The toothbrush as claimed in claim 1 wherein said longitudinal groove comprises a narrowed portion which extends through said handle for said T-shaped plate to be slidably inserted therein.