Patent ID: 6009886
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A dentifrice and floss dispensing toothbrush comprising:a tubular handle having a neck end and an opposite open end for introduction of a dentifrice, the tubular handle defining a chamber for housing the dentifrice;a toothbrush head having a first surface, an opposing surface and a longitudinal axis passing parallel between the first surface and the opposing surface, the toothbrush head defining a tubular conduit along the longitudinal axis ending in a bifurcated passage defined by a pocket having no outlet and substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis and an outlet passage exiting the first surface, the toothbrush head further having tufted bristles depending from the first surface;a toothbrush neck being integrally attached with the toothbrush head and the tubular handle, the toothbrush neck defining a duct connecting the chamber of the tubular handle with the tubular conduit of the toothbrush head;a compressing means for forcing dentifrice housed in the chamber through the conduit and the outlet passage, the compressing means including a cap sealing the open end of the tubular handle; and,a plug made of a material having a resilient memory allowing the material to be compressed, the plug being dimensioned and configured in cross sectional area to closely fit both the cross sectional areas of the tubular conduit and the pocket and further being dimensioned and configured in length to be disposed in part within the pocket and in part disposed within the tubular conduit so as to occlude the outlet passage when the material is in a decompressed state and so as to allow passage of the dentifrice into said outlet passage when the material is in a compressed state.