Patent ID: 9032975
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A46B,A61C

Abstract:
1. A dental cleaning assembly comprising at least first, second, third disposable cleaning instruments and a cap, each of the disposable cleaning instruments comprising a teeth cleaning portion and a handle portion, wherein the handle having outer and inner surfaces and a longitudinal cavity formed therein, said cavity including a closed end which is adjacent to the teeth cleaning portion, an intermediate portion and an open end; said handle having first and second circumferentially extending grooves on said outer surface and first and second bulges on said interior surface, said first groove being on the outer surface of said intermediate portion and said second groove located on the outer surface of said open end, said first bulge extending from said interior surface of the intermediate portion and said second bulge extending from said interior surface of said open end, said cap including an outer surface with two circumferentially extending grooves and a longitudinal cavity formed from an interior surface, wherein said interior surface comprising two bulges, said cavity having a closed end, an intermediate portion and an open end; one of said grooves and one of said bulges extending from the outer and inner surfaces of the intermediate portion of the cap respectively and the other of said grooves and the other of said bulges extending from the outer and inner surfaces of the open end of the cap respectively, the disposable cleaning instruments and the cap being releasably coupled to each other in a stacked configuration such that said bulge portion of the intermediate portion of said cap sits against the closed end cavity of the first disposable instrument and said bulge portion at the open end of said cap releasably snaps onto said first groove of the first disposable instrument; said closed end of the second disposable instrument abuts against the first bulge of the first disposable instrument and first groove of said second disposable instrument releasably snaps onto the second bulge of the first disposable portion; said closed end of the third disposable instrument abuts against the first bulge of the second disposable instrument and the first groove of the third disposable instrument releasably snaps onto the second bulge of the second disposable instrument and any additional disposable cleaning instrument can be coupled to the previous one in the stacked configuration; wherein the teeth cleaning portion of each disposable instrument is a toothpick, toothbrush, a toothbrush with gel or toothpaste, a length of dental floss, a dental flosser or a rupturable dispenser with mouthwash liquid, said disposable cleaning instruments having the same or different types of teeth cleaning portions wherein the disposable cleaning instrument being discarded immediately after its use.