Patent Application
20150096588
The present invention relates to the field of oral hygiene. More particularly, the invention relates to an oral hygiene kit.
A toothpick is a small stick of wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, bone or other substance used to remove detritus from the teeth, usually after a meal. A toothpick has one or two sharp ends to insert between teeth. They can also be used for picking up small appetizers (such as cheese cubes or olives) or as a cocktail stick. (From Wikipedia)
When a toothpick is used for removing detritus, some may not be removed properly, remaining on the external side of the teeth of the user, which puts the user in an embarrassing situation. In order to be sure that no residues remain on teeth, the user must go to the rest room, and check things out in front of a mirror.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.
An oral hygiene kit, comprising:
An oral hygiene kit, comprising:
Preferably, the mirror is of a stiff substance, and the length and width of the mirror are greater than the length and width of the at least one toothpick, thereby preventing a user from being jabbed by the toothpick before using the kit.
Preferably, the envelope is sealed, thereby keeping the mirror and the at least one toothpick under hygienic conditions until use.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the mirror is elongated, and the width thereof is about 1 cm, thereby providing a sufficient viewing area.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the mirror is flexible, thereby allowing bending thereof while holding the mirror in a user's palm, for widening a viewing area reflected from the mirror.
Preferably, the length of the mirror is less than about 8 cm, for allowing holding thereof in a user's palm.
Preferably, the width of the mirror is about between 1 and 2 cm, for providing a sufficient viewing area.
The envelope may be made of paper, nylon, cellophane, and so on, wherein cellophane is the preferred embodiment.
The mirror may be made of a member of a group comprising: coated glass, mirror wallpaper, tin foil, coated aluminum foil, plastic polymer, plastic polymer of DC FIX MIRROR, and so on.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the enveloping process of the kit comprises the steps of
The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.
Embodiments and features of the present invention are described herein in conjunction with the following drawings:
It should be understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The present invention will be understood from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features, methods, systems, procedures, components, circuits, and so on, are not described in detail.
The kit comprises one or more toothpicks 16, and a mirror 14. The toothpicks and the mirror are enveloped in a sealed envelope 12.
The mirror may be made of flexible material, which allows bending thereof while holding thereof in a user's palm, thereby providing a wider viewing area.
The length of the mirror enables holding the mirror in a user's palm, as illustrated in
The width of the mirror enables a user to see his teeth. More particularly, the width has to be about 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm.
The length of the mirror may be greater than the length of each of the toothpicks stored therein, in order to protect a user from being jabbed by the toothpicks.
The dimensions of the envelope are slightly greater than the dimensions of the mirror, in order to keep the toothpicks between the borders of the mirror, thereby preventing the tips thereof to outstand from the border of the mirror. In this way, the user is protected from being jabbed by the toothpicks. Nevertheless, in order to facilitate the structure of the kit, in
The mirror may be made of coated glass, mirror wallpaper, tin foil, coated aluminum foil, plastic polymer such as of DC FIX MIRROR, and so on.
The envelope may be made of paper, nylon foil, cellophane, and so on. Preferably, the envelope is sealed, in order to keep its content sterile.
The envelope can be sealed by gluing, soldering, and so on.
Oral hygiene kits of the present invention may be distributed in a box, a dispenser, and so on.
A plurality of envelopes may be connected in a line, or distributed as separated.
The envelope may be vacuumed, in order to keep the toothpicks in the borders of the mirror.
User 22 holds in his right hand the mirror (not seen) of the kit, while removing detritus from his teeth with toothpick 16 by his left hand.
Rollers 28 and 30 are of a material from which the envelope is made, such as cellophane. Roller 30 is for an upper foil thereof, and roller 28 is for the lower roller thereof.
At stage (A), a mirror 14 is dispensed from a mirror dispenser 32 on a foil from roller 28. Then, the foil continues to roll, until mirror 14 reaches the next station.
At stage (B), which takes place at the next station, a toothpick is dispensed from toothpicks dispenser 34 on mirror 14. Then, the foil continues to roll, until mirror 14 reaches the next station.
At stage (C), which takes place at the next station, the upper foil (from roller 30) covers the mirror and the toothpick placed thereon. Then, soldering iron 36 solders the upper foil to the lower foil. Then, the foil continues to roll, until mirror 14 reaches the next station.
At stage (D), which takes place on the next station, a cutting machine 38 cuts the edges of the soldered envelope. Then, the foil continues to roll, until mirror 14 reaches the next station (not illustrated), on which the produced kits are stored in a pack.
Envelope 12 is transparent for looking at the mirror therethrough. Toothpick 16 and the transparent envelope 12 function together as a handle for looking at the mirror 14.
The user looks at the mirror 14, reviews the teeth, and considers whether to remove toothpick 16, since it is a one-time use item.
Transparent envelope 12 preferably includes tearing edges 40, for neatly cutting envelope 12, for holding mirror 14 by holding the remnant cut of envelope 12 after removing toothpick 16.
In the figures and/or description herein, the following reference numerals have been mentioned:
The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.
Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should to be interpreted according to this definition.
The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form.
