Patent ID: 9161613
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A46B,A61B

Abstract:
1. A tongue scraper toothbrush system for cleaning the teeth and tongue of a user, the tongue scraper toothbrush system comprising: i) a handle having a first end and a second end; ii) a slide mechanism; iii) a brush head mounted to said first end of said handle; iv) a tongue scraping device mounted to said first end of said handle opposite said brush head; v) wherein said brush head and said tongue scraping device are structured and arranged on said handle for alternatingly cleaning the teeth and the tongue of the user; vi) wherein said tongue scraping device is comprised of a pair of elongate, arcuately curved prongs, each prong having a flat, tapered scraping edge and an upper edge surface; vii) each of the elongate, curved prongs of the tongue scraper device being oriented such that they are aligned with the longitudinal axis of the handle; and viii) wherein the tongue scraping device is operatively engaged with the slide mechanism such that the prongs thereof can move between a non-use position in which the upper edge surface of the prongs are flush with an adjacent surface of the handle and a use position in which the upper edge surface of the prongs are raised so as to be spaced above the adjacent surface of the handle.