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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Gerhart P. Huy, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electric toothbrush is disclosed herein. The electric toothbrush may include an elongated body portion with opposed first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a brush head section arrangeable toward the first end and including: a first bristle support member rotatable in a first direction, and a second bristle support member coupled to the first bristle support member and rotatable in a second direction about a centrally defined axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction; and a drive rod coupled to at least the first bristle support member and having an axis oriented so as to extend coincident with, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal axis of the electric toothbrush, the drive rod being arranged to linearly move along the axis so as to rotate the first bristle support member in the first direction and rotate the second bristle support member in the second direction.