Lighted toothbrush

Abstract

An illuminated toothbrush includes a one-piece body of molded plastic construction having a handle portion and a head portion, bristles extending outwardly from the head portion of the body, one or more sources of visible light located on within the head portion of the body and configured to direct visible light toward the bristles to illuminate locations being brushed during use of the toothbrush, and a circuit contained within the body configured to be activated by a user after use of the toothbrush. When activated, the circuit operates to illuminate the illumination sources for a predetermined period of time corresponding to a desired brushing interval and then turn the illumination sources off.

1 . A self-contained illuminated toothbrush, comprising, a one-piece body of molded plastic construction having a handle portion and a head portion, bristles extending outwardly from the head portion of the body, one or more sources of visible light located on within the head portion of the body and configured to direct visible light toward the bristles to illuminate locations being brushed during use of the toothbrush, and a circuit including batteries and contained within the body configured to be activated by a user after use of the toothbrush, wherein when activated the circuit operates to illuminate the sources of visible light for a predetermined period of time corresponding to a desired brushing interval and then turn the sources of visible light off, wherein the handle portion is molded around the circuit including the batteries. 
   
   
       2 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein the sources of visible light emit white light. 
   
   
       3 . The toothbrush of  claim 1 , wherein the circuit includes a switch located on the handle portion.