Oral Cavity Cleaning Device and a Tongue Cleaning Device

Abstract

An oral cavity cleaning device comprises a brush ( 2 ) for cleaning teeth, having a brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ) equipped with bristles sheet element ( 5 ) with an extended shape, attached to the brush ( 2 ) by means for removably connecting the tongue cleaning device ( 12 ) to the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ). The present invention also relates to a tongue cleaning device ( 12 ) which has a flexible thin sheet element ( 5 ) with an extended shape.

1 . An oral cavity cleaning device comprising a brush ( 2 ) for cleaning teeth, having a brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ) equipped with bristles ( 4 ), characterised in that it also comprises a tongue cleaning device ( 12 ) having a thin sheet element ( 5 ) which is flexible and has an extended shape. 
   
   
       2 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 1 , characterised in that it comprises means for removable connection of the tongue cleaning device ( 12 ) to the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ). 
   
   
       3 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 2 , characterised in that the means for a removable connection comprise an extended cavity ( 6 ) formed inside the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ) and designed to at least partly receive the thin sheet element ( 5 ). 
   
   
       4 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 3 , characterised in that it comprises a closing cap ( 9 ) designed to cover an opening ( 7 ) which gives access to the cavity ( 6 ). 
   
   
       5 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 4 , characterised in that the cap ( 9 ) is fixed to one end of the thin sheet element ( 5 ). 
   
   
       6 . The oral cavity cleaning device according one or more of the claims from  3  to  5 , characterised in that the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ) comprises a pair of half-shells ( 15   a ), ( 15   b ), hinged together along an edge, allowing them to pass from a closed condition, in which they delimit the extended cavity ( 6 ), to an open condition in which they allow access to the cavity ( 6 ), and vice versa. 
   
   
       7 . The oral cavity cleaning device according one or more of the claims from  2  to  6 , characterised in that the means for a removable connection comprise at least one peg ( 10 ) projecting from the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ), the peg being able to engage with a respective seat formed in the thin sheet element ( 5 ). 
   
   
       8 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the means for a removable connection comprise a pair of pegs ( 10 ). 
   
   
       9 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to  claim 8 , characterised in that the pegs ( 10 ) are located in a grip portion ( 3   a ) of the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ) and can form a removable connection, by snapping into place, in respective holes made at the ends of the thin sheet element ( 5 ). 
   
   
       10 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to any of the foregoing claims, characterised in that it also comprises a thread-like element ( 11 ) one end of which is attached to one end of the thin sheet element ( 5 ), the other end being attached to the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ), to keep the thin sheet element ( 5 ) connected to the brush ( 2 ) body ( 3 ). 
   
   
       11 . The oral cavity cleaning device according to any of the foregoing claims, characterised in that the thin sheet element ( 5 ) is made of plastic. 
   
   
       12 . A tongue cleaning characterised in that it comprises a thin sheet element ( 5 ) with a shape extending along a main direction of extension and flexible. 
   
   
       13 . The tongue cleaning device according to  claim 12 , characterised in that the thin sheet element ( 5 ) has a shape with blunt or rounded edges. 
   
   
       14 . The tongue cleaning device according to  claim 12  or  13 , characterised in that the thin sheet element ( 5 ) has a substantially constant transversal extension substantially along the entire longitudinal extension. 
   
   
       15 . The tongue cleaning device according to any of the claims from  12  to  14 , characterised in that the thin sheet element ( 5 ) has rounded longitudinal ends ( 5   a ), ( 5   b ). 
   
   
       16 . The tongue cleaning device according to any of the claims from  12  to  15 , characterised in that the thin sheet element ( 5 ) is made of plastic.