US 11,730,144 B2
Oral hygiene appliance
John Henry Gallagher, Haverford, PA (US); Roman Bielski, Coopersburg, PA (US); John Newport, Chadds Ford, PA (US); and David Joseph Stanley, Woolwich Township, NJ (US)
Assigned to Clean Bite, LLC, Haverford, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/430,297
Filed by John Henry Gallagher, Haverford, PA (US); Roman Bielski, Coopersburg, PA (US); John Newport, Chadds Ford, PA (US); and David Joseph Stanley, Woolwich Township, PA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/022223
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168359, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,581, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087224 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A46B 1/00 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01); A61D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/026 (2013.01) [A01K 13/001 (2013.01); A46B 1/00 (2013.01); A46D 1/0253 (2013.01); A61D 5/00 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1086 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monofacial pad (10) for use in a dental hygiene appliance comprising:
a pad base (11) comprising a pad base top surface (12); and
a plurality of mushroom-shaped bristles (50) extending from the top surface (12), wherein the mushroom-shaped bristles (50) comprise a material with Shore 00 hardness between about 50 and about 100,
wherein at least one of the mushroom-shaped bristles comprises a pileus (51) and a stipe (52), wherein the pileus comprises a distinct, flexible and thin brim extending outwardly in a flat plane from the pileus (60).