US 12,115,034 B2
Toothbrush with disposable irrigator
Kurt Kenzler, Phoenix, AZ (US); Virginia Prendergast, Phoenix, AZ (US); Mike Winterhalter, Sarasota, FL (US); Barry Jennings, Largo, FL (US); and Matthew Vergin, North St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to OralKleen, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by OralKleen, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/516,807.
Application 18/516,807 is a continuation of application No. 17/860,045, filed on Jul. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,819,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/219,071, filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081964 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 17/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/227 (2013.01) [A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A61C 2204/002 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an electric toothbrush, the method comprising:
coupling a first head portion to a handle portion of the electric toothbrush, such that a drive shaft of the first head portion is operatively connected to a drive motor of the handle portion;
removably coupling an irrigant reservoir directly to the first head portion using a mounting connector of the irrigant reservoir;
placing a fluid connector of the irrigant reservoir into fluid communication with an internal irrigation conduit of the first head portion, wherein the mounting connector and the fluid connector extend from a body of the reservoir;
compressing an externally accessible wall of the body of the irrigant reservoir; and
detaching the first head portion from the handle portion of the electric toothbrush while the reservoir remains with the first head portion.