1. A toothbrush comprising a handle, a head mounted to one end of said handle, said head having an outer surface, a plurality of oral care elements extending outwardly from said outer surface, and a raised socket extending outwardly from said outer surface and surrounded by said oral care elements for accommodating an oral care material therein.
2. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the raised socket is formed from the same material as the outer surface from which it extends.
3. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the raised socket is unitarily formed with the outer surface.
4. The toothbrush of claim 1 further comprising a dispenser for said oral care material, said dispenser being located at least partially in said socket.
5. The toothbrush of claim 4, wherein said dispenser further comprises an outermost edge relative to the outer surface of the head that is adjacent a plane defined by outermost ends of said oral care elements relative to the outer surface of the head.
6. The toothbrush of claim 4, wherein said dispenser is rupturable and filled with liquid oral care material.
7. The toothbrush of claim 6, and said oral care material is selected from the group consisting of a gel, mouthwash, toothpaste, a breath freshening agent and a flavored material.
8. The toothbrush of claim 6, wherein said oral care material is a breath freshening agent and said dispenser is a breath freshening bead.
9. The toothbrush of claim 4, wherein said socket further comprises an upstanding wall relative to the outer surface that defines a depression for seating the dispenser.
10. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein said oral care elements are integral with said head.
11. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein at least some of said oral care elements has a length no greater than 6 mm.
12. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein at least some of said oral care elements has a length no greater than 10 mm.
13. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein said toothbrush has an overall length of no greater than 5 inches.
14. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein said head has a maximum lateral dimension of no greater than 13 mm, and said toothbrush has an overall weight no greater than 3 grams.
15. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein at least some of said oral care elements have a stiffness of less than 600 Mpa.
16. The toothbrush of claim 4, wherein said dispenser is detachably mounted to said head to permit replacement of said dispenser with another dispenser.
17. The toothbrush of claim 4, wherein said oral care material is a liquid-filled capsule that bursts upon rubbing against a user’s teeth.
18. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the cleaning elements further comprises a plurality of concentric rings of cleaning elements.
19. The toothbrush of claim 18, wherein at least one of the rings is a partial ring comprised of partial ring sections.
20. The toothbrush of claim 19, wherein the partial ring sections are defined along upper and lower edges of the outer surface of the head.
21. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the head has an oval shape.
22. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the head is non-circular.
23. A toothbrush comprising a handle having a longitudinal axis, a head mounted to one end of said handle, said head having an outer surface, a plurality of oral care elements extending outwardly from said outer surface, and an oral care material stored in the head or handle and dispensed via the head, wherein at least one oral care element extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
24. The toothbrush of claim 23, wherein said angle is in the range of 0\xb0 to 90\xb0.
25. The toothbrush of claim 23, wherein said angle is in the range of 30\xb0 to 60\xb0.
26. The toothbrush of claim 23, wherein the oral care material is stored in the head, the plurality of oral care elements surrounds the oral care material in a circumferential fashion, and the shape of the head is consistent with the arrangement of oral care elements on the head.
27. A toothbrush comprising a handle having a longitudinal axis, a head mounted to a first end of said handle with the opposite end of said handle defining a second end, a central portion defined between the first and second ends, said head having an outer surface, at least one oral care element extending outwardly from said outer surface, and an oral care material stored in the head or handle and dispensed via the head, wherein the central portion of said handle is wider than the handle at the first and second ends.
28. The toothbrush of claim 27, wherein the central portion is wider in a front view of the toothbrush.
29. The toothbrush of claim 28, wherein in a side view of the toothbrush, the head extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
30. The toothbrush of claim 29, wherein the head extends upwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
31. The toothbrush of claim 29, wherein the second end of the handle extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
32. The toothbrush of claim 31, wherein the head and second end each extend upwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
33. The toothbrush of claim 27, further comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged oral care elements surrounding the oral care material stored in the head.
34. The toothbrush of claim 33, wherein the head has an oval profile and the oral care elements further comprise a plurality of radially-spaced rows.
35. A toothbrush comprising a handle, a head mounted to one end of said handle, said head having an outer surface and a peripheral edge, a plurality of oral care elements extending outwardly from said outer surface, and a socket having a peripheral edge and provided in said outer surface and surrounded by said oral care elements for accommodating an oral care material therein, wherein the peripheral edges of the head and the socket have a similar profile.
36. The toothbrush of claim 35, wherein the socket, oral care elements and head peripheral edge are coaxially aligned.
37. The toothbrush of claim 36, wherein the socket, oral care elements and head peripheral edge each have a rounded profile.
38. The toothbrush of claim 37, wherein the socket, oral care elements and head peripheral edge each have an oval profile.
39. The toothbrush of claim 35, wherein the socket is centrally located on the head and wherein the plurality of oral care elements further comprise a plurality of radially-spaced, circumferentially-arranged rows.
40. The toothbrush of claim 35, wherein the socket further comprises a diameter that is greater than any radial distance defined between the socket peripheral edge and the head peripheral edge.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A wireless communication device antenna system comprising:
a first antenna;
a feed line coupled to the first antenna, the feed line having a length;
a first communication circuit coupled to said first antenna through said feed line;
a second antenna comprising said feed line as an active antenna element;
a second communication circuit coupled to said second antenna.
2. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1 wherein said second antenna also comprises said first antenna as an active element.
3. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1 wherein:
said first antenna comprises a quadrifilar helix antenna.
4. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 3 wherein:
said feed line comprises a co-axial cable.
5. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 3 wherein said quadrifilar helix antenna comprises a longitudinal centerline and said antenna system further comprises a conductive post positioned on the longitudinal centerline and wherein said conductive post is coupled to said feed line.
6. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1 wherein said second communication circuit is coupled to said feed line.
7. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 5 wherein said second communication circuit is coupled to said feed cable at an intermediate position along the length.
8. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1 wherein:
said feed line comprises a co-axial cable.
9. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 8 wherein said co-axial cable has a helical shaped.
10. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1 wherein said first antenna and said second antenna exhibit a maximum coupling within frequency bands of operation of said first communication circuit and said second communication circuit of less than \u221225 dB.
11. The wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 9 wherein the maximum coupling within frequency bands of operation of said first communication circuit and said second communication circuit is less than \u221230 dB.
12. At least one communication system comprising the wireless communication device antenna system according to claim 1.
13. A wireless communication device comprising:
a first communication circuit that operates at a first frequency;
a second communication circuit that operates at a second frequency;
a quadrifilar helical antenna that supports an operating band at said first frequency;
a co-axial cable coupled between said first communication circuit and said quadrifilar helical antenna, said co-axial cable including an outer conductor and a coiled section wherein said second communication circuit is coupled to said outer conductor and said coiled section in combination with said quadrifilar helical antenna supports an antenna operating band at said second frequency.