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US3880281A
US3880281A US248134A US24813472A US3880281A US 3880281 A US3880281 A US 3880281A US 248134 A US248134 A US 248134A US 24813472 A US24813472 A US 24813472A US 3880281 A US3880281 A US 3880281A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0055—Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/0003—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water containing only one dose of substance, e.g. single-use toothbrushes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/0072—Details
    • A46B11/0079—Arrangements for preventing undesired leakage or dispensing
    • A46B11/0089—Caps or covers for bristles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0091—Container, e.g. bag or box with a collection of various devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B17/00—Accessories for brushes
    • A46B17/04—Protective covers for the bristles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1066—Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures

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  • This invention relates to a hygienic dental product especially one which can be sold from automatic dispensing machines and which is disposable after use.
  • An object of the present invention is to fulfill this requirement by providing a hygienic dental product which is inexpensive. hygienically packaged and which can be disposed of after use.
  • a hygienic dental product comprising a tooth brush. a quantity of dentifrice on the brush. and a cup. the brush being detachably secured to the cup.
  • the dentifrice may be in the form of paste. powder. tablets or granules.
  • the tooth brush is preferably unitary including the bristles. and made of a plastics material, the toothpaste being disposed between two parallel rows of bristles on the head of the tooth brush.
  • the cup at its upper edge. is preferably provided with two peripheral lips. separated by a gap. the gap between the lips receiving a means for fixing the tooth brush to the cup.
  • the tooth brush carrying the toothpaste is preferably packaged within a cover. made ofplastics material. and having the shape of the toothbrush profile. and a plate. the cover and the plate being made integral and the back of the plate carrying detachable means for fixing the toothbrush to the cup.
  • the detachable means for fixing the toothbrush to the cup may be constituted by an open flexible ring capable of at least partially surrounding the cup between the two lips so as to position the toothbrush against the cup.
  • the cup. below its two peripheral lips. has a frustoconical profile. the smallest cross-section of which constitutes the base of the cup. with the result that several cups. each provided with a toothbrush furnished with a quantity of toothpaste may be stacked one on top of and within the other.
  • the overall dimensions of the hygienic dental product make it possible to store it in a pile in an automatic machine of known type. recesses being provided in the wall at the bottom of the cup to allow it to be gripped by the delivery jaws of such a machine.
  • the cup is preferably made of plastics material.
  • the cup may alternatively be made of waxed cardboard.
  • the hygienic dental product be used only once and be disposed of after use.
  • the detachable means for fixing the toothbrush to the cup may comprise a ring integral with the upper part of the cup and having a lateral extension for receiving the handle of the brush.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a hygienic dental product according to the invention. ready for use;
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the product toothbrush
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of the toothbrush showing the position of the toothpaste
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the toothbrush and its packaging. as well as the fixing means carried by the lower plate;
  • FIG. 5 is a front view showing four dental products stacked one inside the other for storing in an automatic dispensing machine; and.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show a modified hygienic dental product.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 of the drawings show a cup 1 of frustoconical form. the smallest cross-section of which constitutes its base. the cup having at its top two verticallyspaced lips 2 and 3. At the bottom of the cup I. recesses 4 are provided in its wall to allow it to be gripped by a distributor device of known type (not shown) of an automatic dispensing machine.
  • a toothbrush 5 comprising a handle 6.
  • a head 7 and bristles 8 is made in a single piece of plastics material. Its bristles 8 are disposed in parallel rows on its head 7 leaving a free centre space in which a quantity of toothpaste 9 is disposed.
  • This assembly of toothbrush 5 and toothpaste 9 is packaged or enclosed. in known manner. between a cover 10 of transparent plastics material. roughly assuming the shape of the toothbrush profile. and a plate 11. for example made of cardboard. the cover 10 and plate 11 being made integral once the toothbrush 5 is in position therebetween.
  • An open flexible ring 12 of resilient material is integral with the bottom or back face of the plate 11. The dimensions of this ring 12 are such that it is capable of at least partially surrounding the cup 1 between the lips 2 and 3 in order to position the packaged toothbrush vertically against the cup 1. Due to the truncated cone-shaped profile of the cup. below the lips 2 and 3. there is a free space between the handle 6 of the brush and the base of the cup. which permits this cup to be stacked within another similar one. Moreover. the positioning of the ring 12 on the plate 11 is so determined that once the brush 5 is fixed on the cup 1. the end of the handle 6 of the brush is at the same level as the base of the cup 1.
  • the cup 1 may be made of plastics material or watertight waxed cardboard.
  • the ring 12 may be of supple plastics material.
  • the plate 11 may also be of plastics material instead of cardboard.
  • the usage of the dental products is as follows:
  • each cup 1 each provided with their brush 5 fixed in place by the ring 12 are stored. stacked one inside the other. in an automatic machine (not shown). each cup being orientated in such a manner that the brushes are angularly spaced (FIG. 5);
  • the user inserts a coin in the machine which causes the lower hygienic dental product to descend to permit its removal by the distributor device of the machine engaging the recesses 4 in the base of the cup;
  • this user then has only to remove the ring 12 from the cup 1 and to take the toothbrush 5 from its packaging 10. 11 and to brush his teeth after obtaining a little water.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 consists of making the cup 1 in a single piece with an upper ring 13 which extends laterally outwards.
  • the handle 6 of the toothbrush 5 may thus be slid into this lateral extension of the ring 13 (FIG. 6) in order to obtain the arrangement illustrated in FIG. 7.
  • the brush 5 and its dentifrice has been previously covered with a plastics packing film 14 in which it is kept in sterile conditions.
  • the advantages of the hygienic dental product according to the invention are as follows:
  • the dentifrice product may be in any known form. It may be a paste. a powder. a tablet or granules.
  • a disposable and dispensable dental kit comprising:
  • At least two opposed recesses formed in the side wall at the bottom of the cup. the recesses being adapted to be gripped by the jaws of a distributor of an automatic dispensing machine.
  • a toothbrush assembly including a plurality of rows of bristles.
  • the enclosure including a cover and a plate.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 2 in which the ring is disposed on the back of the plate.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 4. in which the ring has a width which is equal to that of the gap between the two peripheral bosses on the cup.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 1. in which the recesses are evenly spaced.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 1. in which the toothbrush and the bristles thereof are formed from a single piece of plastic material.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 1. in which the cup is formed of a plastic material.
  • a hygienic dental kit according to claim 1. in which the cup is formed of waxed cardboard.

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US4796767A (en) * 1987-07-08 1989-01-10 Mckeown Frank R Pressure applicator
US4817826A (en) * 1986-12-12 1989-04-04 Joseph Judge Toothbrush holder for stand-up toothpaste dispensers
US4866809A (en) * 1988-07-15 1989-09-19 Randy Pelletier Collapsible toothbrush construction
US4978003A (en) * 1989-10-10 1990-12-18 Foster Marjorie A Brush holder
US5544783A (en) * 1994-01-31 1996-08-13 Conigliaro; Charles Spray can accessory holder
US5839578A (en) * 1997-03-24 1998-11-24 Rxtra Inc. Health improvement device for modifiying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
US6168042B1 (en) * 1998-08-06 2001-01-02 Maureen Kalagian Cup with attached straw
US6325222B1 (en) 1997-11-25 2001-12-04 Rxtra, Inc. Adjustable health improvement device for modifying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
AT7935U3 (de) * 2005-06-22 2006-07-15 Steiner Norbert Flüssigkeitsbehälter für getränke
WO2006105561A1 (de) 2005-04-06 2006-10-12 Norbert Steiner Flüssigkeitsbehälter, insbesondere für getränke oder mundspülunαen

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US3186850A (en) * 1960-04-28 1965-06-01 Anthony Roy Cup containing beverage ingredient
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US2121373A (en) * 1936-01-21 1938-06-21 William E D Turner Tooth brush
US2088181A (en) * 1936-01-29 1937-07-27 George W Swift Jr Inc Cup
US2177455A (en) * 1938-04-05 1939-10-24 Hackert John Tooth brush and paste container
US2370796A (en) * 1942-03-14 1945-03-06 Earl C Kaye Dispenser
US2556439A (en) * 1948-10-14 1951-06-12 Pearson Phillip Clip container for milk bottles
US2649959A (en) * 1950-12-29 1953-08-25 Edward M Hallahan Toothbrush package
US2803375A (en) * 1954-04-12 1957-08-20 Meshberg Philip Nestable vessels
US2858041A (en) * 1956-06-05 1958-10-28 Robinson Aviat Inc Anti-splash vessel for liquids
US2917057A (en) * 1956-07-20 1959-12-15 Sarl G O L Tooth-brush
US3186850A (en) * 1960-04-28 1965-06-01 Anthony Roy Cup containing beverage ingredient
US3035691A (en) * 1960-09-19 1962-05-22 Davol Rubber Co Package for sterile articles
US3381849A (en) * 1967-05-26 1968-05-07 Sprinter Pack Ab Stackable cups

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US4817826A (en) * 1986-12-12 1989-04-04 Joseph Judge Toothbrush holder for stand-up toothpaste dispensers
US4796767A (en) * 1987-07-08 1989-01-10 Mckeown Frank R Pressure applicator
US4866809A (en) * 1988-07-15 1989-09-19 Randy Pelletier Collapsible toothbrush construction
US4978003A (en) * 1989-10-10 1990-12-18 Foster Marjorie A Brush holder
US5544783A (en) * 1994-01-31 1996-08-13 Conigliaro; Charles Spray can accessory holder
US5839578A (en) * 1997-03-24 1998-11-24 Rxtra Inc. Health improvement device for modifiying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
USRE37535E1 (en) 1997-03-24 2002-02-05 Rxtra Inc. Health improvement device for modifying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
US6325222B1 (en) 1997-11-25 2001-12-04 Rxtra, Inc. Adjustable health improvement device for modifying a daily behavior by reminding a person to take medication
US6168042B1 (en) * 1998-08-06 2001-01-02 Maureen Kalagian Cup with attached straw
WO2006105561A1 (de) 2005-04-06 2006-10-12 Norbert Steiner Flüssigkeitsbehälter, insbesondere für getränke oder mundspülunαen
AT7935U3 (de) * 2005-06-22 2006-07-15 Steiner Norbert Flüssigkeitsbehälter für getränke

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