Toothbrush with illumination system

Abstract

Disclosed herein are toothbrushes. The toothbrushes have an illumination system. In some arrangements, the toothbrush can have bristles that are illuminated by the illumination system. The illumination system can be positioned with a toothbrush head.

1 . A toothbrush comprising: 
 a head having a plurality of bristles configured to clean teeth and at least one illumination element that outputs light, the illumination element positioned within the head; and    a body extending from the head, the body defining a handle for gripping by a user, a power source for delivering energy to the at least one illumination element.    
   
   
       2 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein the head comprises a plurality of illumination elements.  
   
   
       3 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein the head comprises transparent material positioned at the base of the bristles such that light from the at least one illumination element passes through the transparent material to illuminate the bristles.  
   
   
       4 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein at least one illumination element comprises a plurality of LEDs.  
   
   
       5 . The toothbrush of  claim 4 , wherein the LEDs output blue light.  
   
   
       6 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a switch for selectively activating the at least one illumination element.  
   
   
       7 . A toothbrush comprising: 
 a toothbrush head comprising a plurality of cleaning elements;    an illumination system for outputting light; and    a handle coupled to the toothbrush head, the handle having a switch for controlling the illumination system.    
   
   
       8 . The toothbrush of  claim 7 , wherein the switch can be activated to turn the illumination system ON or OFF.  
   
   
       9 . The toothbrush of  claim 7 , wherein the illumination system is a light source positioned within the toothbrush head.  
   
   
       10 . The toothbrush of  claim 7 , wherein the body has a chamber is sized so as to hold at least one battery that powers the illumination system.