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Title: |
US8276231:
Oral-care device and system
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US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Gavney, Jr., James A.; Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
Mix, Jerry; Redwood City, CA, United States of America
Boyle, Dennis; Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
Sun, Rickson; Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
Loew, Christopher; Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
Soboll, Pascal Homero; London, United Kingdom
Kim, Daniel Sung-hwe; Mountain View, CA, United States of America

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Assignee: |
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Published / Filed: |
2012-10-02
/ 2005-12-07

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Application Number: |
US2005000296892

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IPC Code: |
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A46B 9/04;
A46B 13/02;
A47L 13/11;

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ECLA Code: |
A61C17/34A8; A61C17/34A3; A61C17/34A7; A61C17/34B;

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U.S. Class: |
015/022.1;
015/028;
015/097.1;
015/110;
015/114;
015/117;
015/167.1;
015/245;

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Field of Search: |
015/22.1,28,97.1,110,114,117,167.1,245

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Abstract: |
A device with two or more regions configured to clean or treat a working surface is disclosed. Preferably, the device is an oral-care device with a power cleaning head. The power cleaning head comprises two or more regions, wherein at least one of the regions is configured to move and wherein at least one of the regions comprises a squeegee element. Preferably, the regions are configured to independently rotate, oscillate, vibrate or otherwise move while cleaning teeth and gums and can each include bristles, nodules, squeegee elements, or any combination thereof.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gavney, Jr., James A. ;
Jag Patent Services LLP ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Chin, Randall;

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RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Divisional application of the application Ser. No. 10/692,837, filed Oct. 24, 2003, and titled “ORAL-CARE SYSTEM AND DEVICE,” now U.S. Pat. No. 7,181,799, which is a Continuation-in-part of the application Ser. No. 10/382,559, filed Mar. 5, 2003, and titled “DENTITION CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,820,299, which is a continuation application of the application Ser. No. 09/588,686, filed Jun. 5, 2000, and titled “DENTITION CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,571,417, which is a Continuation-in-part of the application Ser. No. 09/330,704 filed Jun. 11, 1999, and titled “SQUEEGEE DEVICE AND SYSTEM”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,332. The application Ser. No. 10/692,837, filed Oct. 24, 2003, and titled “ORAL-CARE SYSTEM AND DEVICE, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,181,799 the application Ser. No. 10/382,559, filed Mar. 5, 2003, and titled “DENTITION CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,820,299, the application Ser. No. 09/588,686, filed Jun. 5, 2000, and titled “DENTITION CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,571,417 and the application Ser. No. 09/330,704, filed Jun. 11, 1999, and titled “SQUEEGEE DEVICE AND SYSTEM”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,332, are all hereby incorporated by reference. This patent application also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (e) of the co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/439,317, filed Jan. 10, 2003, and titled “TOOTHBRUSH” and the co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/463,347, filed Apr. 15, 2003, and titled “SQUEEGEE TOOTHBRUSH.” The U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/439,317 filed Jan. 10, 2003, and titled “TOOTHBRUSH” and the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/463,347, filed Apr. 15, 2003, and titled “SQUEEGEE TOOTHBRUSH” are also both hereby incorporated by reference.

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1. A device comprising a cleaning head, the cleaning head comprising a) a support structure; b) a plurality of squeegee segments protruding upward from a surface of the support structure, the squeegee segments each comprising two terminus ends that are inside edges and outside edges, wherein the plurality of squeegee segments extend radially outward from the inside edges to the outside edges along the surface of the support structure and, wherein the outside edges define an outside periphery and the inside edges define an inside periphery; and c) bristles that protrude from the surface of the support structure at locations between elongated squeegee walls of adjacent pairs of the plurality of squeegee segments.

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