US 12,427,076 B2
Dental care systems and methods
Winifred J. Booker, Owings Mills, MD (US)
Assigned to BRUSHTIME ENTERPRISES, LLC, Owings Mills, MD (US)
Filed by BRUSHTIME ENTERPRISES, LLC, Owings Mills, MD (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,466.
Application 17/710,466 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/418,701, filed on May 21, 2019, granted, now 11,297,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,099, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,831, filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,887, filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218548 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 15/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/62 (2006.01); A61G 15/02 (2006.01); A61G 15/10 (2006.01); A61G 15/16 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 15/105 (2013.01) [A61G 15/02 (2013.01); A61G 15/16 (2013.01); A47C 7/626 (2018.08); G09B 23/283 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental care apparatus, comprising:
a tower base,
wherein the tower base has opposing upper and lower end portions, opposing first and second side portions, and opposing third and fourth side portions;
a seat,
wherein the seat includes a top portion and a bottom portion;
wherein the top portion is opposite the bottom portion,
wherein the seat is constructed out of a plastic;
wherein the seat is sized to fit a dental patient; wherein the dental patient is a young child or an infant:
a holder,
wherein the holder is coupled to the upper end portion of the tower base and the bottom portion of the seat;
and
plurality of wheels;
wherein the plurality of wheels are operably coupled to the lower end portion of the tower base; and
wherein at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels has a wheel locked configuration and a wheel released configuration;
wherein when in the wheel locked configuration, the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels is prevented from turning; and
wherein when in the wheel released configuration, the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels are allowed to move freely;
wherein when the dental patient sits in the seat, the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels changes from the wheel released configuration to the wheel locked configuration; and
wherein weight of the dental patient activates the wheel locked configuration and causes the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels to retract into a recess in the lower end portion of the tower base.