ORAL CARE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE CENTER OF MASS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61C17/22 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine, particularly hygiene, and can be used for oral care purposes. According to the first version, a device contains: a head and a handle attached to the head and provided with a load for position adjustment of a centre of mass of the oral care device. The load comprises a first material of a first density, while the head contains a second material of a second density. The second density is less the first density. According to the second version, the device contains: the handle; and the load for change of the centre of mass of the oral care device. The load position is adjusted along a longitudinal axis of the handle. On a back surface of the handle, there is a stabilising element having substantially a flat surface. The handle for the oral care device contains a subject movable in a number of positions on a longitudinal axis of the handle and changing the position of the centre of mass of the oral care device, and a clamping mechanism preventing random motion of an object.

EFFECT: enabled adjustment of the centre of mass of the device for response to excess force used in user's tooth contact with the head of the oral care device.

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