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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Vladamir Gekhter, Skokie, IL (US);
Leoncio Angel Gonzalez, Warrenville, IL (US);
Christopher J Stvartak, Skokie, IL (US);
Mark D Gleason, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
David E Hidding, Barrington, IL (US);
Kevin G Yost, Winnetka, IL (US);
John O. Butler Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A dental hygiene system in which a single elongated handle having a recess in its distal end receives a plurality of carrying members holding different dental hygiene elements. The carrying members have resilient portions retained in the handle recess by way of either a latching portion in a slot in the handle or by way of a frictional fit in the handle recess. A lever is positioned in the slot in the handle for releasing the carrying members with the latching portion.