US 12,186,147 B2
Reduced form factor oral irrigator
Oscar Senff, Broomfield, CO (US); and Robert Wagner, Firestone, CO (US)
Assigned to WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed by WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,574.
Application 17/536,574 is a division of application No. 15/415,750, filed on Jan. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,213,376.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/416,926, filed on Nov. 3, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/286,925, filed on Jan. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079728 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/024 (2006.01); A61H 13/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/26 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/0202 (2013.01) [A61C 1/0092 (2013.01); A61C 17/024 (2019.05); A61H 13/005 (2013.01); A61M 3/0258 (2013.01); A61M 39/26 (2013.01); A61C 17/225 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1246 (2013.01); A61M 2039/242 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0272 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle for an oral irrigator for directing a focused stream of fluid, the handle comprising:
a housing having a first end and a second end, the housing comprising:
a front housing half:
a rear housing half comprising a convex outer wall; and
a slot formed in the convex outer wall of the rear housing half, the slot comprising:
two opposing walls spaced apart from each other; and
a transverse wall at a terminal interior end of the opposing walls such that the convex outer wall of the housing is open to the slot at lateral sides of the two opposing walls and at a base end of the opposing walls opposite the transverse wall;
a fluid tip coupled to the first end of the housing; wherein:
the slot is positioned adjacent to a center of mass of the handle;
the slot is configured to receive a portion of a reservoir wall of the oral irrigator; and
the slot extends upwards and inwards towards the first end of the housing and towards an internal cavity of the handle defined by the housing, wherein an interior surface of the housing defines an angled wall extending towards a longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the angled wall is defined by the transverse wall of the slot, and wherein the handle is configured to hang via the slot with the fluid tip positioned above the housing.