Patent ID: 7464430

Claim:
An electric toothbrush comprising: housing means for giving said toothbrush form, said housing means comprising an elongate, substantially hollow handle portion and a substantially hollow shoulder portion, said housing means supporting the following working elements of said toothbrush: brushing means for brushing a user's teeth, spacing means for spacing said brushing means away from the surface of a user's teeth, said spacing means comprising: a pair of brush spacer extenders extending from said shoulder portion, each of said brush spacer extenders being substantially opposite the other of said brush spacer extenders, a brush spacer bridge extending between a distal end of said pair of brush spacer extenders, and a brush spacer pad affixed to said brush spacer bridge, said brush spacer pad adapted to interface with the surface of a user's teeth, power means for providing power to said toothbrush, motor means for converting said power into rotary motion of a drive shaft of said motor means, switch means for turning said motor means on and off and controlling the direction of rotation of the drive shaft of said motor means as determined by the teeth to be brushed, from among the group consisting of the upper teeth and the lower teeth, and conversion means for converting the rotary motion of said motor means drive shaft to an elliptical motion of said brushing means.