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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Avraham Shekalim, Nesher, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15 221 ; 15145 ; 151766 ;
Abstract
An accessory device for use with a conventional toothbrush having a handle at one end and bristles at the opposite end, includes a housing of a size and configuration to be grippable by a user's hand, a holder pivotally mounted within the housing and removably receiving the handle of a conventional toothbrush with the bristles of the toothbrush projecting externally of the housing, and a drive coupled to the holder for cyclically pivotting the holder and the toothbrush held thereby.