ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,623, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Oralic Supplies Inc. (Encino, Calif.).

"Structure for coupling toothbrush head to electric toothbrush handle" was invented by Xin Zhou (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discloses a member for mounting a toothbrush head to an electric toothbrush. The member includes a base having an opening for receiving a drive shaft of an electric toothbrush. The member also includes a coupling section that includes a cylindrical sidewall that surrounds a cavity for receiving the drive shaft. A tip extends from an end of the coupling section that is opposite the base. The tip meets t...