Body Care Appliance For Personal Needs

Abstract

A body care appliance is disclosed. The body care appliance includes a toothbrush having a first display; a base station for storing and/or charging the toothbrush; and a second display for displaying interactive representations, which are interactively controllable by means of a control unit from the toothbrush. The second display forms a module that is designed separately from the base station and the toothbrush and is separately positionable; the second display having a communication interface for communication with the base station and/or with the toothbrush.

1 . A body care appliance comprising:
 a toothbrush having a first display;   a base station for storing and/or charging the toothbrush; and   a second display for displaying interactive representations, which are interactively controllable by means of a control unit from the toothbrush;   wherein the second display forms a module that is designed separately from the base station and the toothbrush and is separately positionable; the second display having a communication interface for communication with the base station and/or with the toothbrush; and wherein the display includes a display element enclosed within a transparent convexly curved covering hood for increased visibility of the display element from various directions.   
     
     
         2 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the second display has a chargeable energy storage mechanism, wherein charging terminals that can be brought into operative connection with one another are provided on the second display and on the base station. 
     
     
         3 . The body care appliance according to  claim 2 , wherein both the second display and the toothbrush can be charged on the base station simultaneously. 
     
     
         4 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the second display has an inductive charging terminal for inductive charging by the base station. 
     
     
         5 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the toothbrush has a chargeable energy storage mechanism and an inductive charging terminal for inductive charging of the energy storage mechanism by the base station. 
     
     
         6 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the second display has a game controller for controlling a videogame that can be displayed on the second display, such that game control commands that can be processed by the game controller can be sent to the game controller via the communication interface. 
     
     
         7 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein a game controller is provided on at least one of the base station and the toothbrush for controlling a videogame displayable on the second display, graphic control commands being transmittable from the toothbrush to the second display via the communication interface. 
     
     
         8 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the base station includes restoring means for the second display and the toothbrush. 
     
     
         9 . The body care appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein the restoring means are formed by magnetic holding means for holding the second display and the toothbrush on the base station. 
     
     
         10 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the second display forms an electronic picture frame having a separate image data terminal for connection of an external image data source. 
     
     
         11 . The body care appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the first display provided on the toothbrush has a lightable display ring on a hand-held part.