IP Library Granted Patent US 12,150,827
Granted Patent B2
US 12,150,827 · App. 17/062,275 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Toothbrush

Inventors: William Thomas May (South Orange, NJ); Simon Enever (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: QUIP NYC INC.
A61C17/221A46B15/0004A61C17/34A61C17/3481
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,150,827
App. No.
17/062,275
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toothbrush, including a head portion, a handle portion, a locking mechanism configured to lock said head portion to said handle portion, a capsule including a motor assembly and power supply, the capsule being configured to be received within said handle portion, and at least one communication connection configured to enable said toothbrush to communicate with one or more external computing devices.

Claims (10)

1. A toothbrush, comprising:

a head portion including an activation section having an external surface and an internal surface opposite one another;

a handle portion;

a locking mechanism, the head portion releasably securable to the handle portion via engagement of the locking mechanism; and

a capsule including a motor assembly, the capsule disposed within the handle portion with the head portion releasably secured to the handle portion via engagement of the locking mechanism, the capsule removable from the handle portion with the locking mechanism disengaged, the capsule including a fluid impermeable layer of plastic sealing the motor assembly, and the motor assembly activatable within the handle portion through pressing the external surface of the activation section of the head portion.

2. The toothbrush of claim 1 , further comprising a skin configured to fit around the handle portion, the skin removable from the handle portion.

3. The toothbrush of claim 2 , wherein the skin is re-attachable to the handle portion after being removed.

4. The toothbrush of claim 1 , further comprising micro suction tape disposed on the handle portion.

5. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein the handle portion includes one or more ribs, the head portion includes one or more indentations, and the head portion is releasably securable to the handle portion via engagement of the one or more ribs to the one or more indentations.

6. The toothbrush of claim 1 , wherein the motor assembly includes a capacitive sensor, and pressing the external surface the activation section of the head portion is detectable by the capacitive sensor.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 30, 2025
From: QUIP NYC INC.
To: SIENA LENDING GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 072988/0904 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: QUIP NYC INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 059139/0761 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: QUIP NYC INC.
To: CSI GP I LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 059052/0396 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: QUIP NYC INC.
To: TRINITY CAPITAL INC.
Reel/Frame 058990/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2020
From: MAY, WILLIAM THOMAS; ENEVER, SIMON
To: QUIP NYC INC.
Reel/Frame 054097/0075 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14522805 · Oct 24, 2014
Provisional Application 61895593 · Oct 25, 2013
Related Publication 20210145557A1 · May 20, 2021