IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,889,916
Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,916 · App. 18/070,201 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Oral care system

Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler (Rockford, IL); Ronald Christopher Cagle (Crystal Lake, IL); Theresa L. Sebastian (Cary, IL); Daniel R. Ulreich (Cary, IL); Jodi Marie Balbinot (Cary, IL); Kristin Marie Sexton (Lake in the Hills, IL)
Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
A46B15/0061A46B5/02A46B9/005A46B9/04A46B11/0003A46B15/0053A46B15/0081A46B17/06A61C17/08A46B2200/1066A47K1/09A61L2/18A61L2/26A61L2202/121
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Patent No.
US 11,889,916
App. No.
18/070,201
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion and a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The moveable funnel includes a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube. The system further includes a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush having a handle extending out from the container.

Claims (28)

1. An oral care system, comprising:

a container defining an interior portion;

a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container, wherein the moveable funnel comprises a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube;

a repository configured to hold a fluid and having a barrier configured to be breached: and

a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush comprising a handle extending out from the container.

2. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein movement of the toothbrush is caused by manipulation of the handle, and wherein movement of the toothbrush further causes the moveable funnel to slide in the interior portion of the container.

3. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the repository is coupled to a bottom portion of the container.

4. The oral care system of claim of claim 1 , wherein movement of the toothbrush causes a distal end of the tube of the moveable funnel to breach the barrier.

5. The oral care system of claim 4 , wherein the distal end of the tube includes a cutting edge formed by the distal end of the tube being cut at an angle relative to a central axis of the tube, for breaching the barrier.

6. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the tube includes an indentation forming a portion having a smaller diameter, thereby requiring a force to remove the toothbrush from the tube.

7. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the tube further comprises projections extending from an exterior surface of the tube, the projections configured to interact with an internal chamber of the container to prevent the tube from being removed from the container.

8. The oral care system of claim 7 , wherein the projections are angled such that the moveable funnel can be inserted into internal chamber, but once inserted, the projections interact with the internal chamber of the container to prevent the tube from being removed from the container.

9. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the interior portion of the container includes an internal chamber, and wherein the internal chamber is configured to interact with the funnel portion of the moveable funnel to limit the movement of the moveable funnel in the interior portion.

10. The oral care system of claim 9 , wherein the internal chamber comprises a funnel portion and a neck portion.

11. The oral care system of claim 9 , wherein movement of the toothbrush by manipulation of the handle in the direction of repository, once movement of the moveable funnel has been limited by the internal chamber, causes the toothbrush to move past the distal end of the tube into the repository.

12. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the toothbrush comprises a plurality of projections formed on the handle.

13. The oral care system of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the projections is configured to seal the interior portion from an exterior of the container.

14. The oral care system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable funnel further comprises apertures formed in a side wall of the tube to allow flow of fluid out of the tube and into the interior portion of the container.

15. An oral care system, comprising:

a container defining an interior portion;

a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container, wherein the moveable funnel comprises a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube; and

a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush comprising a handle extending out from the container,

wherein the tube includes an indentation forming a portion having a smaller diameter, thereby requiring a force to remove the toothbrush from the tube.

16. An oral care system, comprising:

a container defining an interior portion;

a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container, wherein the moveable funnel comprises a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube, wherein the tube further comprises projections extending from an exterior surface of the tube, the projections configured to interact with an internal chamber of the container to prevent the tube from being removed from the container; and

a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush comprising a handle extending out from the container.

17. The oral care system of claim 16 , wherein the projections are angled such that the moveable funnel can be inserted into internal chamber, but once inserted, the projections interact with the internal chamber of the container to prevent the tube from being removed from the container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: FOWLER, PAUL MICHAEL; CAGLE, RONALD CHRISTOPHER; SEBASTIAN, THERESA L.; ULREICH, DANIEL R.; BALBINOT, JODI MARIE; SEXTON, KRISTIN MARIE
To: SAGE PRODUCTS, LLC.
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Continuity (7)
Continuation 17713392 · Apr 5, 2022
Continuation 17008245 · Aug 31, 2020
Continuation 15813051 · Nov 14, 2017
Provisional Application 62421911 · Nov 14, 2016
Provisional Application 62457708 · Feb 10, 2017
Provisional Application 62519049 · Jun 13, 2017
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