Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.

General Housewares Corporation

V Band Corporation

Daniel J Formosa

Thomas M Dair

Davin Stowell

Kevin G Yost

Albert C Chen

Peter Stathis

Stuart H Lee

David B Stowell

A self-standing toothbrush having a cup-shaped member disposed of on its base is disclosed. The cup-shaped member substantially enhances the stability of the toothbrush when it is disposed in an upright position relative to a support surface.

Toothbrush

Shears have two crossed pivotally interconnected levers, each having a blade end and a handle end, and normally biased open. Upper and lower handles are, respectively, connected to the handle ends of the levers, the upper handle having a low-friction outer surface and including front, rear and medial portions, while the lower handle has a high-friction outer surface with a downwardly convex lower portion. The front portion of the upper handle projects upwardly to stop forward movement of the hand. The medial portion is of reduced cross section to facilitate hooking of the user's thumb thereover. The rear portion has a laterally upwardly and inwardly sloping upper surface. An elastomeric loop depends from the lower handle rearwardly of the front portion of the upper handle and receives therethrough only the middle finger of the user's hand.

Shears

Toothbrush handle

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Montvale, NJ, United States of America

Daniel J Formosa