Den-Mat Holdings, LLC

Emanuel Guzman

Jered Harvey Dean

Scott Douglas Nelson

Sean Michael Cole

Ronald Wayne Haynes

John R Gardner

Ian Thorne

A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle is described. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion that includes a hollow neck and a head. The neck includes a skirt portion with an attachment opening and the head includes a cleaning member opening. The handle includes a main body portion that houses a motor, and a male attachment member extending upwardly from the main body portion that is at least partially received in the attachment opening in the brushing attachment. The male attachment member includes at least a first retention rib that is received in a first retention recess defined in the inner surface of the neck of the brushing attachment, and the inner surface of the neck includes a first retention lug extending outwardly therefrom that is positioned below the first retention rib.

Electric toothbrush attachment mechanism

A toothbrush that includes a brushing attachment and a handle. The brushing attachment includes a main body portion with a hollow neck having an attachment opening and a head with a cleaning member opening, a drive shaft positioned in the neck, a cleaning member drive mechanism matingly engaged with gearing on the drive shaft, and a cleaning member extending through the cleaning member opening in the head and operatively associated with the cleaning member drive mechanism. The drive shaft includes a spline drive on one end and gearing on the opposite end. The handle includes a main body portion with a brushing attachment connection receiver that is at least partially received in the attachment opening. The brushing attachment connection receiver includes a recess defined therein that receives a drive hub with a grooved recess defined therein that receives the spline drive.

Electric toothbrush with drive mechanism

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Aurora, CO, United States of America

Emanuel Guzman