Disposable oral hygiene applicator

申请公布号：

US5678273(A)

申请号：

US19960604125

申请日期：

1996.03.20

申请公布日期：

1997.10.21

申请人：

PORCELLI, V. LORENZO

发明人：

PORCELLI, V. LORENZO

分类号：

A46B5/06;(IPC1-7):A46B5/00;A46B9/04

主分类号：

A46B5/06

摘要：

A disposable oral hygiene applicator attachable to the ball of a user's fingertip whose finger then functions as an articulated handle by which the applicator may be inserted in the oral cavity and applied omnidirectionally to the teeth and gingival tissues to sweep and clean the teeth and to massage the gums. The applicator includes a circular flexible base dimensioned to cover mainly the round ball of the fingertip, the underside of the base having a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon. Anchored on the base and projecting upwardly therefrom is a dense array of multi-strand filamentary loops that form the bristles of a miniature brush, a charge of viscous dentifrice being entrapped in the loops. In one preferred embodiment of the applicator, adhering to the layer on the underside of the base is a removable carrier disc whose diameter exceeds that of the base to define a peripheral flange to facilitate removal of the disc so that the applicator may then be adhered to the fingertip.