Toilet – Toothpick – Folded or housed in tool handle
Patent
1987-08-21
1989-01-31
Mancene, Gene
Toilet
Toothpick
Folded or housed in tool handle
132321, A61C 1500
Patent
active
048009059
ABSTRACT:
A reusable toothpick is mounted to a double ended bayonet mount. The bayonet mount is unoccupied at one end and has the toothpick grasped medially at the opposite end. The double ended bayonet mount is in turn received into a handle having a hollow cavity for receiving the full working length of the toothpick as it protrudes from one of the bayonet mounts. In a first position of the bayonet mount with respect to the handle, the toothpick is fitted within the handle, and the handle closed by the bayonet mount so as to provide a sanitary and safe toothpick transport. In a second and reverse position of the bayonet mount, the toothpick is mounted for manipulation from the handle and sufficient overall length of the handle is imparted to the toothpick which, in addition to the design features of the pick itself (appropriate narrowness, semi-blunted tip, semi-rigid composition, 90.degree. bendability and fixation, and incremental millimeter markings), allow for convenient use by the user in the removal of plaque and food debris from all interproximal and subgingival areas of the oral cavity. The handle is elliptical in section so that the flat handle sides parallel to the major axis of the elliptical section can be grasped between the fingers. The attached toothpick is elliptical in section with the major axis at approximate right angles to the major axis of the handle. This design permits bending of the toothpick in the plane of the handle and manipulation of the toothpick from the handle to clean the gingival sulcuf of the teeth.
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Lepiane Adriene J.
Mancene Gene
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