US 12,070,366 B2
Teeth cleaning device
Robert Pierce, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Nagarajan Jayaraman, New York, NY (US); Mark Bakhrakh, Boston, MA (US); Igor Kachko, Boston, MA (US); Stanislav Kolchanov, Boston, MA (US); Pavel Karavaev; Rostislav Khorenyan, Boston, MA (US); Irina Sigalovsky, Boston, MA (US); and Semyon Kogan, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,974.
Application 18/303,974 is a continuation of application No. 17/249,497, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,654,007.
Application 17/249,497 is a continuation of application No. 16/536,368, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,966,806, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/536,368 is a continuation of application No. 15/291,760, filed on Oct. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,420,633, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255736 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A46B 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/228 (2013.01) [A46B 9/005 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01); A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A61C 17/224 (2013.01); A61C 17/349 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A teeth cleaning device comprising:
a support structure comprising a dentature channel configured to receive at least a portion of a dentature of a user, the dentature channel defined by a floor, a glossal wall, and a facial wall;
a first air bladder located in the dentature channel, the support structure forming a wall of the first air bladder;
a first teeth cleaning pad coupled to the first air bladder, the first teeth cleaning pad comprising a first end in contact with the floor of the dentature channel and a second end opposite the first end, the first teeth cleaning pad being configured to engage surfaces of teeth of the user when the teeth cleaning device is positioned within an oral cavity of the user; and
an air-flow subsystem fluidly coupled to the first air bladder;
wherein the first air bladder comprises a first portion that extends along the first teeth cleaning pad between the first and second ends of the first teeth cleaning pad and a second portion that extends beyond the first end of the first teeth cleaning pad, the second portion being embedded within the floor of the dentature channel.