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WO1996011644A1 - Mini-trousse pour l'hygiene buccale - Google Patents

Mini-trousse pour l'hygiene buccale Download PDF

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WO1996011644A1
WO1996011644A1 PCT/IT1995/000168 IT9500168W WO9611644A1 WO 1996011644 A1 WO1996011644 A1 WO 1996011644A1 IT 9500168 W IT9500168 W IT 9500168W WO 9611644 A1 WO9611644 A1 WO 9611644A1
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oral hygiene
beauty case
beauty
toothpick
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Girolamo Buonavoglia
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Girolamo Buonavoglia
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Priority claimed from IT94MI002104A external-priority patent/ITMI942104A1/it
Priority claimed from IT95MI000128A external-priority patent/ITMI950128A1/it
Application filed by Girolamo Buonavoglia filed Critical Girolamo Buonavoglia
Priority to AU37090/95A priority Critical patent/AU3709095A/en
Publication of WO1996011644A1 publication Critical patent/WO1996011644A1/fr

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C15/00—Devices for cleaning between the teeth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/008—Pocket toiletry etuis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
    • A61C19/02—Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags

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  • the invention concerns appliances for oral health and hygiene, and in particular for cleaning the teeth.
  • Commonly known objects are the small sticks, called toothpicks, made with a sharpened end and used to remove fragments of food which become loged between the teeth dur ing a meal .
  • Toothpicks are generally difficult to grasp and practi ⁇ cally speaking can only be used on the front of teeth as obviously the fingers holding them cannot actually penetrate inside the mouth; this means that it is in fact impossible to use them on the inner side of the teeth .
  • Presently known threads of dental floss are only made in one size and are of little use if there are spaces between the teeth .
  • the present invention removes or reduces such drawbacks as will be explained below.
  • Subject of the invention is a small beauty case containing what is needed for orgal hygiene.
  • the case comprises a tool-carrying section and two outer covering sections, substan ially equal and opposite one another having raised surrounding edges, one on each side of the centrl section whose dimensions are substantially the same as the inner dimensions of the covering sections.
  • the central section made in a single piece, comprises a set of tools for oral hygiene, of a substantially flat structure, inserted in the body of said section.
  • the central section is a single piece of plastic material with the tools and outer covers and is fixed to the covers by longitudinal hinges respectively placed on both longitudinal sides of said section and on the longitudinal edges of the corresponding covers. In relation to said covers , placed facing each other, the hinges are fixed to their edges on the same right or left hand sides.
  • the tools comprise pads with threads of dental floss, pincers, toothpicks with a point at one end and a hook shaped part at the other end for use in front of and be ⁇ hind the teeth, and pairs of differently sized spatulas.
  • Structure of the pad with threads of dental floss is substantially flat and rectangular, with a head and a base connected by a pair of parallel dental threads of different diameters.
  • Structure of the pincers is substantially flat and with two jaws of a substantially circular cross section that terminate in two small heads having two opposing and al igned points .
  • the toothpicks have a flat handle at the base, at one end of which, after an inclined section, is a rounded stick with a sharp point and, at the other end a flat hook-shaped head with a thin flat point turned towards the same side of the stick.
  • the tip of the stick can be used on the outer side of .e teeth and the hook-shaped end on the inner side of ne teeth.
  • Another type of toothpick comprises a body with two sharp ends one of which is bent at about 90° to said body. - k -
  • the pair of spatulas are placed one at each end of a cen ⁇ tral rounded grip, the shape of the spatulas being essen- tially that of a triangular lance head whose base is joined to the rounded grip and whose tip is very fine.
  • the two spatulas are of different sizes better to suit user preferences and needs.
  • said tools are connected in various ways to the channels that feed in the material.
  • connection is made by prepared tear-off lines round the perimeters of each tool.
  • another type connection is made by tiny cross pieces placed between the tools themselves and the tool-carrying section.
  • the tools are directly connected to the branches of the central feed channel of the material by means of small bridges.
  • the invention offers evident advantages.
  • the flat grips on the toothpicks enable them to be held firmly and effectively, and the teeth to be cleaned both at the front and back by association of a straight tip with the hooked end set at 180°.
  • the expansion on the back aids the fingers in directing the second point when working inside the oral cavity.
  • the off-line grip that, in one type, connects the two points bent at 90°, ensures a firm hold and cleansing efficiency. With the pincers even strongly wedged in fragments of food can be removed.
  • the different diameters of the double thread of dental floss makes it easier to use and more effective.
  • the differently sized spatulas make possible any further action on the teeth and oral cavity as a whole.
  • All the tools are made of non-toxic plastic material to ensure safety and are so shaped as to be capable of get ⁇ ting rid of any food residues left among the teeth.
  • the structure in a single piece of plastic materials makes for extremely low manufacturing costs and therefore for universal application.
  • Fig. I The invented beauty case showing a tool-carrying section with toothpicks, a pair of spatulas, a pad with threads of dental floss, pincers- Fig.2 Perspective view of the beauty case in Fig. I, closed.
  • Fig.3 Detail of the tool-carrying section, front view cut through longitudinally.
  • Fig.5 The pair of spatulas, front and side views and in section.
  • Fig.6 The pad of dental floss threads, front and side views and cross section.
  • Fig.7 The pincers, front and side views and cross section.
  • Fig.8 Detail bf one type of structure of the tool-carrying piece of the beauty case.
  • Fig.9 Detail of another type of structure of Fig.8.
  • Fig.10 A smaller simplified version of the beauty case hereinafter called 'mini-trousse ' showing the tool carrier, toothpick with expansion, toothpick with grip, .a pair of spatulas.
  • Fig.11 The second type of toothpick with expansion at the back, front and side views.
  • the beauty case 10 for cleaning the teeth, the case I I composed of two covers 12 and 13 substantially the same, connected by a tool-carrier 14.
  • the covers 12 and 13 comprise a base 15 and raised peri ⁇ meter 16. Amplitude of the tool-carrier 14 is practically the same as that of the covers marked off by edges 16, 17 and connected to these latter by longitudinal hinging 18, 19 on the insides of said edges 16 and 17.
  • said hinges are placed on their right hand side so that when the covers close as in Fig.2, the tool-carrier 14 remains inside the chamber formed by said covers, connected along the longitudinal edges of one cover and the other respectively.
  • the tool carrier 14 seen in Fig. 3 comprises a set of tools for cleaning the teeth.
  • Tool 40 is a toothpick comprising a flat zone 44 to be used as a handgrip cc ⁇ ected by the section inclined at 45° 42 with the tapered stick 43 that ends in the pointed tip 44.
  • a flat head 45 At the end of the handgrip 44 is a flat head 45 with a thin hooked tip 46. With the tip 44 fragments of food can be easily removed if stuck between the teeth while eating, this being done from the front .
  • Tool 50 is a double spatula comprising the central hand ⁇ grip 51 and. at one end, the spatula 52 with base 53 and tip 54. At the other end is a smaller spatula 55 with base 56 and tip 57. This tool permits action throughout the whole oral cavity to clean up- and promote oral hygiene generally.
  • Tool 60 is substantially the same as tool 50 with slight differences in size and shape to suit different purposes.
  • the rectangular tool 70 comprises a head 71 connected to the base 72 by a pair of dental floss threads 73 and 74 respectively of different diameters.
  • Tool 80 is a pair of pincers with two jaws 81,82 that end with heads 84,85 with opposing tips 86,87. Said jaws leave from the flat head 88 assuming a substan ⁇ tially circular cross section gradually decreasing. By pressing on the opposing jaws they will yield elastically until the tips 86 and 87 come in contact. A smooth and safe pincing effect can thus be exercised on the teeth to clean between them and catch onto hard frag ⁇ ments of food, fishbones and the like.
  • All these tools, 40,50,60,70,80 come in a single piece with the head 14, in turn in a single piece with the covers 12 and 13 producing a single structure I I of plastic material.
  • Each tool can in fact be detached from the tool-carrier by finger pressure that separates it along its perimeter on a prepared line as indicated by 90.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates the way in which the tools are made in a single piece with the carrier section 22 by means of a central injection point 29 for the plastic material.
  • the different tools 40,50,60,70,80 are connected to the carrier 22 by cross pieces 24 through which the material passes .
  • FIG.9 shows another tool layout on the carrier 23.
  • Tools 40,50,60,70,80 are connected to branches 25,26 of the central feed 29 of plastic by connections 27 28 easily torn off when required.
  • Fig.10 shows a smaller edition of the beauty case.
  • same reference numbers have been used as for Figures 1 and 2 to depict all parts that correspond to those in these figures, even if the sizes are different.
  • the tool carrier 14 in Fig.10 comprises a set of tools for cleaning the teeth.
  • Tools 40 and 50 are those in the beauty case already des ⁇ cribed .
  • the toothpick 60 comprises a round bar 61 with pointed end 62.
  • the other end 63 is at 90° from the first and shows the second pointed end 64.
  • an oblong expansion 65 which, when held by the fingers, facilitates orientation of second pointed end inside the mouth.
  • All these tools 40,50,60 are in one piece with the carrier 14, in turn in one piece with the covers 12, 13 forming a single structure I I of plastic material as in the beauty case of larger size in Figs. - and 2.

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Abstract

Mini-trousse de poche (10) de forme plate pour l'hygiène buccale, constituée d'une seule pièce de matière plastique (11) comportant deux couvertures identiques et opposées (12, 13) de part et d'autre d'un support (14) dans le corps duquel on peut introduire divers accessoires, à savoir des cure-dents (40) à deux pointes, l'une droite et l'autre formant un angle de 180° avec la première, des cure-dents à deux pointes formant un angle de 90° l'une avec l'autre, ces cure-dents étant munis d'une partie élargie postérieure en permettant l'orientation, des plaquettes (70) portant des fils dentaires à deux diamiètres différents, une pince (80), et des paires de spatules. Tous ces accessoires ont une structure plate et on peut les retirer du support (14) par déchirement.
PCT/IT1995/000168 1994-10-17 1995-10-16 Mini-trousse pour l'hygiene buccale WO1996011644A1 (fr)

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AU37090/95A AU3709095A (en) 1994-10-17 1995-10-16 Mini-beauty case for oral hygiene

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ITMI94A002104 1994-10-17
IT94MI002104A ITMI942104A1 (it) 1994-10-17 1994-10-17 Beauty case per l'igiene della bocca
ITMI95A000128 1995-01-26
IT95MI000128A ITMI950128A1 (it) 1995-01-26 1995-01-26 Mini-trousse per l'igiene della bocca

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AU699721B2 (en) * 1995-10-12 1998-12-10 Royce Steven Clarke Toothpicks and toothpick frame
WO2012159745A3 (fr) * 2011-05-26 2013-02-21 Interbros Gmbh Série d'éléments de nettoyage interdentaire et unité de vente correspondante
USD843061S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 DenTek Oral Care, Inc Interdental Pick
USD843063S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 Dentek Oral Care, Inc. Interdental pick
USD843062S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 Dentek Oral Care, Inc. Interdental pick
USD846806S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-04-23 DenTek Oral Care, Inc Interdental pick set

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US2623566A (en) * 1948-04-06 1952-12-30 Renaker Florence Kibler Traveling case for toilet articles
GB2092437A (en) * 1981-02-06 1982-08-18 Wu William Biltun Toothbrushes and dental hygiene kit
US4979525A (en) * 1988-03-17 1990-12-25 Chiou Jeng Jong Cassette sanitary kit
US5119941A (en) * 1990-11-23 1992-06-09 Lepie Eric J Matchbook-like personal dental and nail hygiene apparatus and method

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2623566A (en) * 1948-04-06 1952-12-30 Renaker Florence Kibler Traveling case for toilet articles
GB2092437A (en) * 1981-02-06 1982-08-18 Wu William Biltun Toothbrushes and dental hygiene kit
US4979525A (en) * 1988-03-17 1990-12-25 Chiou Jeng Jong Cassette sanitary kit
US5119941A (en) * 1990-11-23 1992-06-09 Lepie Eric J Matchbook-like personal dental and nail hygiene apparatus and method

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU699721B2 (en) * 1995-10-12 1998-12-10 Royce Steven Clarke Toothpicks and toothpick frame
WO2012159745A3 (fr) * 2011-05-26 2013-02-21 Interbros Gmbh Série d'éléments de nettoyage interdentaire et unité de vente correspondante
USD843061S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 DenTek Oral Care, Inc Interdental Pick
USD843063S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 Dentek Oral Care, Inc. Interdental pick
USD843062S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-03-12 Dentek Oral Care, Inc. Interdental pick
USD846806S1 (en) 2017-04-04 2019-04-23 DenTek Oral Care, Inc Interdental pick set

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