Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Brush or broom
Patent
1986-07-17
1988-02-16
Feldman, Peter
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Brush or broom
15110, 15143R, D 4104, A46B 904
Patent
active
047245700
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an improved toothbrush for sulcular brushing which includes a head, a shank and a handle. The head has a rounded heel, a rounded toe which is narrower than the rounded heal in order to facilitate reaching the distal surface of either the last tooth in the arch or an isolated tooth, a pair of rounded sides both of which benignly interface with the soft oral tissue and a flat top surface on which multitufted bristles are disposed. The multitufted bristles include a plurality of rows of tufts spaced to provide two smooth, orthogonal brushing planes intersecting each of the rounded sides and a lingual brushing plane intersecting both of the two smooth, orthogonal brushing planes to form a smooth angled heel for cleaning the sulcus and the gingival third of lingual surface of the anterior teeth of both arches. The center row of the plurality of rows of tufts includes a set of the longest individual bristles each of which has a diameter of 0.006 inch (soft) and each of the rows adjacent to the center rows includes a set of the appropriately shorter individual bristles each of which has a diameter of 0.007 inch (soft). The shank is mechanically coupled to the head and is disposed at such an angle that the head can more readily reach the posterior teeth. The handle has four similarly sized sides which are disposed at an angle of 45.degree. to the flat top surface, the top two of which are concave and the bottom two of which are convex and is rotated about its longitudinal axis.
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Feldman Peter
Johansen W. Edward
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