Patent ID: 6056710
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A housing for an oral irrigator having a hand piece, said housing comprising:a base unit having an upper and lower portion, said lower portion engageable with a support surface and having an upper surface defining a recess for receiving the hand piece and defining a peripheral shoulder, said upper portion extending upwardly from said lower portion and defining a top surface, said top surface defining a port, said upper portion positioned inside said peripheral shoulder;a reservoir having a bottom surface defining an aperture and sidewalls extending upwardly from said bottom surface defining a cavity having a peripheral rim, said sidewalls in part defining an indentation extending from said bottom surface up to a top end adjacent said peripheral rim at a position interior to said peripheral rim, and a top wall extending from said top end of said indentation to said peripheral rim, said top wall forming an overhang;said reservoir positionable on said base unit such that said peripheral rim engages said peripheral shoulder on said housing unit to encompass said upper portion of said motor housing unit in said cavity, and positionable on said base unit such that said bottom surface of said reservoir rests on said top surface of said upper portion with said port and said aperture in alignment and sealingly engaged, and said indentation being oriented with said recess, wherein the hand piece is received in said indentation and covered by said top wall.