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Oral care system

a technology for oral care and housing, applied in the field of oral care systems, can solve the problems of inconvenient storage, inconvenient transportation and/or travel, and inconvenient storage for users, and achieve the effect of convenient transportation and/or travel, and high portability

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-09-24
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
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Benefits of technology

This patent is about a portable oral care system that combines a toothbrush and a toothpaste dispenser in a small, easy-to-carry housing. This makes it convenient for people to transport and travel with the system. The technical effect is to provide an efficient and compact oral care system that is convenient and easy to carry.

Problems solved by technology

While tray-based systems are suitable, many people do not use them due to the fact that they tend to be uncomfortable and / or awkward.
This not only requires extra storage space in already cramped bathroom cabinets but also requires that the user remember to use the whitening system.
Furthermore, these tray-based systems are not conveniently portable for transport and / or travel.
In addition to difficulties in applying some oral care products, storage is sometimes cumbersome and inconvenient for the user.

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[0020]The following description of the preferred embodiment(s) is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

[0021]The description of illustrative embodiments according to principles of the present invention is intended to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered part of the entire written description. In the description of embodiments of the invention disclosed herein, any reference to direction or orientation is merely intended for convenience of description and is not intended in any way to limit the scope of the present invention. Relative terms such as “lower,”“upper,”“horizontal,”“vertical,”“above,”“below,”“up,”“down,”“top” and “bottom” as well as derivatives thereof (e.g., “horizontally,”“downwardly,”“upwardly,” etc) should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawing under discussion. These relative terms are for convenience of descripti...

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Abstract

An oral care system including an elongated member having tooth cleaning elements and a store of oral care material. In one aspect, the invention can be a toothbrush comprising a handle; a through-slot extending through the handle; an elongated member rotatably coupled to the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the elongated member comprising: a toothbrush head located on a first side of the rotational axis; and a dispenser comprising a store of oral care material located on a second side of the rotational axis; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the toothbrush head; the elongated member rotatable about the rotational axis between: (1) a first state in which the toothbrush head protrudes from the handle while the dispenser is nested within the through-slot; and (2) a second state in which the dispenser protrudes from the housing while the toothbrush head is nested within the through-slot.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to an oral care system, and specifically to an oral care system including a toothbrush and at least one dispenser that are coupled to a housing.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Oral care products or agents are applied, in different ways. For example, a common technique used the tooth whitening products is to cast an impression of a person's teeth and provide a tray of the shape of this impression. While tray-based systems are suitable, many people do not use them due to the fact that they tend to be uncomfortable and / or awkward. Moreover, in order to use a whitening tray, a user must keep the tray and the required components at hand. This not only requires extra storage space in already cramped bathroom cabinets but also requires that the user remember to use the whitening system. Furthermore, these tray-based systems are not conveniently portable for transport and / or travel.[0003]In addition to difficulties in appl...

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IPC IPC(8): A46B11/00A46B15/00
CPCA46B15/0095A46B11/001A46B5/0041A46B5/0075A46B2200/1066
Inventor BOYKE, CHRISTINEWU, DONGHUI
Owner COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO