Patent ID: 7540054

Claim:
A combined toothbrush and tongue scraper device comprising in combination: a toothbrush comprising an elongated handle with bristles at a first end for brushing the teeth of a user and a recessed portion along one side of a second end; a pivoting tongue scraper attached within the recessed portion by a means for pivoting the tongue scraper into a first position perpendicular to the handle for scraping the tongue of a user and pivoting the tongue scraper into a second position in parallel alignment with the handle with the tongue scraper fitting within the recessed portion for brushing the teeth; and means for locking the tongue scraper in the first position and means for alternately locking the tongue scraper in the second position; the tongue scraper comprising a length sufficient to span the width of the tongue of the user and a series of scraping ridges perpendicular to the brush handle in the first position for a multiple scrape of the entire width of the tongue with a single pass of the tongue scraper over the tongue in a tongue scraper which further locks in the second position within the outline of the toothbrush handle so that the tongue scraper does not interfere with a user gripping the handle to brush the teeth of the user.