US 11,744,690 B2
Toothbrush tip
Gary L. Sokol, Longmont, CO (US); and Harold A. Luettgen, Windsor, CO (US)
Assigned to Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed by WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,406.
Application 15/954,273 is a division of application No. 14/216,779, filed on Mar. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,987,109, issued on Jun. 5, 2018.
Application 17/851,406 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,112, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,399,925.
Application 16/813,112 is a continuation of application No. 16/686,462, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,351,018, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Application 16/686,462 is a continuation of application No. 15/954,273, filed on Apr. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,918,469, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/802,121, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323188 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 17/36 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A46B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/36 (2013.01) [A46B 13/04 (2013.01); A61C 17/0202 (2013.01); A61C 17/227 (2013.01); A61C 17/3418 (2013.01); A61C 17/0205 (2013.01); A61C 17/222 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toothbrush tip comprising:
a brush head;
a plurality of bristle tufts extending from the brush head;
a water jet nozzle extending from the brush head, the water jet nozzle defining a fluid lumen and a nozzle outlet in fluid communication with the fluid lumen;
a rigid nozzle insert partially positioned within the fluid lumen and in fluid communication with the nozzle outlet; and
a cover panel arranged on a rear of the toothbrush tip opposite the bristle tufts.