Gum Massaging and Teeth Polishing Appliance (Patent No: 440612)

Inventor: Fuller, Leslie L.

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: Leslie L. Fuller, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 8th April, 1947. Filed 29th April, 1944. Serial No. 513,558.

Claim—A massaging appliance comprising a handle, a plurality of similar massaging elements arranged in a row in spaced relation on an end portion of said handle, each massaging element comprising a rubber body fixed on said handle, said rubber body having a central cavity at its free upper end providing a rim portion, said rim portion having opposed concave cut-out portions, the cut-out portions of all of said massaging elements being aligned co-extensively with the longitudinal extent of said handle, a sponge rubber sheath encasing both sides of said rim portion and secured thereto, said sheath extending beyond the peripheral edge of said rim portion and having concave portions corresponding to and aligned with said cut-out portions, a sponge rubber core seated in said cavity and secured to said rubber body, the upper free end of said core being substantially in the plane of the peripheral edge of said rim portion, said core and sheath having an annular channel therebetween.

1 Claim allowed.