Global Patent Index - EP 0869746 A4

EP 0869746 A4 20010307 - TONGUE CLEANER

Title (en)

TONGUE CLEANER

Title (de)

ZUGENREINIGER

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF POUR SE NETTOYER LA LANGUE

Publication

EP 0869746 A4 20010307 (EN)

Application

EP 96922553 A 19960619

Priority

  • US 9610759 W 19960619
  • US 4808195 F 19951219

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9722307A1] A tongue cleaner (10) has an elongate shank portion (16) for holding thereof, and a portion (20) extending from one end thereof for supporting a tongue scraping edge (22). The support portion (20) is skewed relative to the shank portion (16) to slope downwardly for effecting engagement of the edge (22) with a posterior part of the upper surface of the tongue (12), so that the posterior part may be comfortably scraped.

IPC 1-7

A61C 3/00

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61C 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 17/244 (2013.01 - EP US); A61C 17/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9722307 A1 19970626; AU 6338696 A 19970714; BR 9612071 A 19991228; CN 1110288 C 20030604; CN 1205621 A 19990120; EP 0869746 A1 19981014; EP 0869746 A4 20010307; JP H11510086 A 19990907; US D384153 S 19970923

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9610759 W 19960619; AU 6338696 A 19960619; BR 9612071 A 19960619; CN 96199129 A 19960619; EP 96922553 A 19960619; JP 52275597 A 19960619; US 4808195 F 19951219