The Gillette Company

The Procter Gamble Company

Braun Gmbh

Armin Tschol

Tilmann Winkler

Franziska Schmid

Benedikt Heil

Stephanie Venzke

Aycan Senturk Andersson

Dominik Langhammer

Uwe Jungnickel

Christine Hallein

Erwin Paul Mark

Frank Roland Gliemroth

Angelika Beruda

Andre Lerch

Kathrin Lange

Siegfried Bauernfeind

Fiona Harrington

Kathrin Koch

Aycan Senturk

Rebecca Bei Zhang

Marlis Hübner

Andreas Birk

Uwe Tretrop

Siegfried Kurt Martin Hustedt

Michael Machlitt

Carolin Schlüter

Aycan Sentürk Andersson

Andreas Brik

Aycan SENTÜRK Andersson

Toothbrush handle

Toothbrush head

Toothbrush

An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle, the head having a length extension and the handle having a length extension, the length extension of the head and the handle together defining an overall length extension of the oral care implement along a longitudinal axis. The overall length extension of the oral care implement is from about 194 mm to about 197 mm and the ratio of the length extension of the handle to the overall length extension of the oral care implement is from about 0.59 to about 0.65.

Oral care implement and method for manufacturing such oral care implement

An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle made of a first material. The handle has a distal end and a proximal end closest to the head. The handle comprises a thumb rest made of a second material, the second material being different from the first material. The thumb rest comprises an area from about 202 mmto about 360 mmand has a concave shape. The thumb rest comprises a portion being inclined with respect to a remaining portion of the thumb rest by an angle &#x3b1; of about 20&#xb0; to about 25&#xb0;, the angle &#x3b1; being defined by a first line and a second line. The first line extends between a most elevated point and a lowest point of the thumb rest, and the second line extends between the lowest point and an end point of the thumb rest, the end point of the thumb rest being closest to the distal end of the handle.

Oral care implement and method for manafacturing such oral care implement

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (), the at least one tuft of the first type () and the at least one tuft of the second type () each having a cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of the tuft of the first type () is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tuft of the second type (). The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and having an end-rounded free end.

Head for an oral care implement, oral care implement and method for manufacturing such head

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () with a proximal end () and a distal end (), the head () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (). The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and an end-rounded free end, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends. The at least one tuft of the first type () is arranged at the distal end (), and the at least one tuft of the second type () is arranged at the proximal end () of the head ().

A head for an oral care implement has a mounting surface comprising at least one tuft of a first length and at least one tuft of a second length, the first length being longer than the second length measured from the mounting surface of the head along a longitudinal axis of the tufts. The at least one tuft of the first length comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and an end-rounded free end, while the at least one tuft of the second length comprises flagged filaments having split free ends.

A head () for an oral care implement () has a mounting surface () comprising at least one tuft of a first type () and at least one tuft of a second type (), the at least one tuft of the first type () and the at least one tuft of the second type () each having a cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of the tuft of the first type () is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tuft of the second type. The at least one tuft of the first type () comprises filaments having a substantially circular cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and having an end-rounded free end, and the at least one tuft of the second type () comprises flagged filaments having split free ends.

A head for an oral care implement has at least a first row of tufts comprising a plurality of filaments having free ends and fixed ends being opposite the free ends and being fixed on a mounting surface of the head. The filaments of the at least first row of tufts extend from the mounting surface of the head in different length extensions thereby defining with the filaments' free ends an upper top cleaning surface in the form of a continuous wave-shape. The tufts of the at least first row are inclined with respect to the mounting surface.

Head for an oral care implement

A head for an oral care implement comprises at least a first row of tufts comprising a plurality of filaments having free ends and fixed ends being opposite the free ends and being fixed on a mounting surface of the head. The filaments of the at least first row of tufts extend from the mounting surface of the head in different length extensions thereby defining with the filaments' free ends an upper top cleaning surface in the form of a continuous wave-shape. Each filament has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Each tuft of the at least first row comprises either filaments with a smaller cross-sectional area or filaments with a larger cross-sectional area, and the tufts are arranged in an alternating manner so that a tuft comprising filaments with the smaller cross-sectional area alternate with a tuft comprising filaments with the larger cross-sectional area.

A head for an oral care implement has at least a first row of tufts including a plurality of filaments having free ends and fixed ends being opposite the free ends and being fixed on a mounting surface of the head. The filaments of the at least first row of tufts extend from the mounting surface of the head in different length extensions thereby defining with the filaments' free ends an upper top cleaning surface in the form of a continuous wave-shape. Each filament has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The filaments of the longest length extension have a cross-sectional area being smaller than the cross-sectional area of the filaments of the shortest length extension.

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