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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2005
Applicant:
James A. Gavney, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
James A. Gavney, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/12 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A contact device with resilient contact elements is disclosed. The resilient contact elements have primary structures and secondary structures. The primary structures and secondary structures have contact surfaces for engaging a working surface. The primary structures are preferably molded structures with hardness value between 10 to 90 Shores A. The secondary structures are nodules, squeegees, arrays of nodules or squeegees and matrices but are preferably bristle structures formed from plastic resins, wherein the device is configured clean dentition.