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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Lang, Loveland, CO (US);
Lynne M. Calliott, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Brian R. Williams, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Theodore De Leo, Loveland, CO (US);
William B. Stephens, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/07 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/07 ;
Abstract
A handle housing that is modular and easily assembled and disassembled for maintenance and cleaning. The handle housing has an integrally-formed orientation shape (e.g. S-shape) to keep it from tipping onto the flossing tip. The handle housing also includes the rocker arm, cam drive (together the drive train), motor, power supply and bobbin for full functionality, with linear, reciprocating motion created by the drive train for effective cleaning.