IP Library Granted Patent US 7,044,671
Granted Patent B2
US 7,044,671 · App. 10/672,200 · Granted May 16, 2006

Applicator for cleaning teeth

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Patent No.
US 7,044,671
App. No.
10/672,200
Granted
May 16, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disposable teeth cleaning applicator device. An elongated tubular shaft member has an applicator tip member at one end and a toothpick device at the other end. A liquid dental material is positioned inside the tubular shaft member and, once released, is squeezed or allowed to flow into the applicator tip member and used to clean a person's teeth.

Claims (1)

1. An applicator device for cleaning the teeth and mouth comprising 1.) an elongated tubular shaft member with an applicator tip member positioned at one end, 2.) an oral care composition positioned inside said tubular shaft member and adapted to be released and passed into said applicator tip member for use in cleaning a person's teeth, tongue and mouth and 3.) a removable pick member positioned at the end of the tubular shaft member opposite said applicator tip member, wherein said applicator tip member has at least one abrasive surface and wherein said applicator tip comprises a sponge material and has a three-dimensional wedge shape suitable for cleaning the spaces between teeth and further wherein said tubular shaft member comprises a groove to facilitate removal of said pick member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2007
From: PFIZER INC; PFIZER PRODUCTS INC; PFIZER JAPAN INC; G.D. SEARLE LLC; PHARMACIA CORPORATION; PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY LLC; WARNER LAMBERT COMPANY LLC
To: MCNEIL-PPC, INC
Reel/Frame 019573/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2004
From: PARIKH, RITA; FOX, ARTHUR; LORELLO, DIANE
To: WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 014391/0428 →