IP Library Granted Patent US 8,113,729
Granted Patent B2
US 8,113,729 · App. 12/499,532 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Toothpaste droplets

Assignee: Dental Development Systems, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,113,729
App. No.
12/499,532
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device, method, and system for delivering toothpaste to a user. In one embodiment of the invention, a droplet for delivering toothpaste to a user can be provided. The droplet can include a dissolvable outer membrane defining a volume with toothpaste inside the volume. The outer membrane can include a tail portion, which is configured to be embedded into the bristles of a toothbrush. The droplet further can include one or more extensions coupled to the outer surface of the outer membrane, the one or more extensions can have a triangular shape, a barb shape or the like. In one aspect of this embodiment, the droplet further can include a logo, a cartoon character, a word or the like printed on the outer membrane.

Claims (11)

1. A droplet comprising:

a dissolvable outer membrane defining a volume; and,

toothpaste inside the volume;

wherein the outer membrane includes a tail portion, the tail portion being configured to embed into bristles of a toothbrush;

wherein the outer membrane is formed from a dissolvable film strip; and,

a plurality of extensions forming irregularities on the outer surface of the tail section of the outer membrane.

2. The droplet of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of extensions have a triangular shape.

3. The droplet of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of extensions have a barb shape.

4. The droplet of claim 1 , wherein the outer membrane forms a teardrop shape.

5. The droplet of claim 1 , wherein the outer membrane includes one of a logo, a cartoon character and a word.

6. The droplet of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable film strip is polyvinyl alcohol.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2023
From: DENTAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
To: EDELBROCK & SOLAN HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065289/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2009
From: SOLAN, WAYNE R.
To: DENTAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 023042/0411 →
Continuity (1)
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