Patent ID: 8075316
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for indicating a duration of time for brushing designated teeth and specific portions thereof, comprising: a tooth carrying body having an upper tooth carrying structure and a lower tooth carrying structure, wherein said tooth carrying structures are in spaced apart relation with respect to each other in a manner whereby said tooth carrying structures resembles dental gums in a fully or partially open orientation; a plurality of selectively activatable light output devices; a plurality of tooth-shaped bodies attached to said tooth carrying structures, wherein a first set of said tooth-shaped bodies is attached to the upper tooth carrying structure and a second set of said tooth-shaped bodies is attached to the lower tooth carrying structure, wherein each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes at least two discretely illuminatable portions, wherein each one of said discretely illuminatable portions has a respective one of said selectively activatable light output devices coupled thereto for allowing each one of said discretely illuminatable portions to be selectively illuminated, wherein each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes a light transmissive shell having said at least two discretely illuminatable portions mounted within a cavity thereof, wherein the light transmissive shell of each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes exterior surfaces jointly configured to define a representation of at least one of an incisor tooth, a molar tooth, and a canine tooth, each one of said tooth-shaped bodies includes a light barrier between each one of said at least two said discretely illuminatable portions thereof, and wherein the light barrier of each one of said tooth-shaped bodies limits light emitted by one of said discretely illuminatable portions thereof from substantially illuminating an adjacent one of said discretely illuminatable portions thereof such that an illuminated one of said discretely illuminatable portions thereof and a non-illuminated one of said discretely illuminatable portions thereof are visually distinguishable by said illumination; and an audio output device coupled to all of said activatable light output devices, wherein the audio output device outputs audio content dependent upon which ones of said activatable light output devices are activated for outputting light, wherein a first collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a first prescribed period of time, wherein a second collection of said activatable light output devices is illuminated for a second prescribed period of time different than the first prescribed period of time, wherein the audio output device outputs first audio content during the first period of time and second audio content during the second period of time, wherein said first audio content includes a first song having been downloaded to memory of the apparatus, and wherein the second audio content includes a second song having been downloaded to said memory of the apparatus.