IP Library Granted Patent US 10,820,974
Granted Patent B2
US 10,820,974 · App. 15/982,121 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Interdental brush

Inventor: Hiroshi Kido (Kanagaw, JP)
Assignee: NICE RENEW CO., LTD.
A61C15/00A46B3/005A46B5/02A46B9/005A46B9/04A61C15/02A46B2200/108B29L2031/425
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Patent No.
US 10,820,974
App. No.
15/982,121
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interdental brush includes a handle, a shank extending therefrom, and a bristle portion disposed around the shank. The bristle portion has a plurality of bristle units, each of which has a loading surface facing the handle and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shank, and a surrounding wall extending from the loading surface toward a direction opposite to the handle with the extent progressively decreasing therefrom. The loading surface and the surrounding wall converge at a brim. The gradually-reduced arrangement of each surrounding wall facilitates an easy entrance into slits between teeth and provides each loading surface and brim with sufficient support to scrape and remove food debris and tartar while pulling the brush out. The revolution of bristle units around the shank helps the brush touch and massage gingivae in a large area, thereby increasing the effect of cleaning teeth and convenience of use.

Claims (19)

1. An interdental brush comprising:

a handle,

a shank extending outwards from said handle and forming an end, and

a bristle portion disposed on said shank;

wherein said bristle portion includes a plurality of bristle units disposed around said shank, each of said plurality of bristle units having a loading surface extending outwards from said shank and facing said handle, a surrounding wall extending axially from said loading surface toward a direction opposite to said handle and decreasing progressively in the direction of said end, and a brim formed at a convergence of said loading surface and said surrounding wall, a diameter of said loading surface being larger than a diameter of said shank,

wherein said plurality of bristle units are spaced apart from each other on said shank.

2. An interdental brush comprising:

a handle,

a shank extending outwards from said handle and forming an end, and

a bristle portion disposed on said shank;

wherein said bristle portion includes a plurality of bristle units disposed around said shank, each of said plurality of bristle units having a loading surface extending outwards from said shank and facing said handle, a surrounding wall extending axially from said loading surface and decreasing progressively in the direction of said end, and a brim formed at a convergence of said loading surface and said surrounding wall, a diameter of said loading surface being larger than a diameter of said shank,

wherein at least two successive bristle units are connected as a bristle set to divide the bristle portion into a plurality of bristle sets, with the plurality of bristle sets spaced apart from each other on said shank said at least two successive bristle units of the same bristle set being connected one after another by extending said surrounding wall of one bristle unit from said loading surface of said one bristle unit to said loading surface of another adjacent bristle unit.

3. The interdental brush as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said surrounding walls each have an extending length extending between said loading surfaces of said adjacent bristle units, every two extending lengths of said surrounding walls of said adjacent bristle units being different.

4. An interdental brush comprising:

a handle,

a shank extending outwards from said handle and forming an end, and

a bristle portion disposed on said shank;

wherein said bristle portion includes a plurality of bristle units disposed around said shank, each of said plurality of bristle units having a loading surface extending outwards from said shank and facing said handle, a surrounding wall extending axially from said loading surface toward a direction opposite to said handle and decreasing progressively in the direction of said end, and a brim formed at a convergence of said loading surface and said surrounding wall, a diameter of said loading surface being larger than a diameter of said shank,

wherein an accommodation space is recessedly formed on said loading surface of each of said plurality of bristle units.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2026
From: NICE RENEW CO., LTD.
To: LEE CHIA BRUSH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075669/0690 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 045832 FRAME: 0449. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 29, 2018
From: KIDO, HIROSHI
To: NICE RENEW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046250/0496 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2018
From: KIDO, HIROSHI
To: NICE RENEW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045832/0449 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106135187 A · Oct 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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