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Weird Patent of the Day

Tooth cleaning and gum massaging instrumentality

Official drawing from US 3,043,295, Tooth cleaning and gum massaging instrumentality

US 3,043,295 · July 10, 1962

A fingercot useful in cleaning teeth and massaging gums. Earlier finger cots often confined their pointed protuberances to one side, which made it necessary to shift the cot from one hand to the other; this invention is directed to that problem.

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov. Official PDF: USPTO patent PDF. Also at Google Patents. The drawing on this page is a reduced copy of the official figure; see the original drawing.