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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Peter Leonard Dawson, Upton by Chester, GB;
Bert Davis Heinzelman, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Donald Richard Lamond, Lynbrook, NY (US);
John Moldauer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Stephen John Raven, Milan, IT;
Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A toothbrush is provided having a handle and a bristle bearing head. The head includes a central skeleton, resilient side members mounted on either side of the central skeleton, tuft mounting receptacles in both the skeleton and the side members, and bristle forming tufts received in both the tuft mounting receptacles of the skeleton and of the side members. The side member bristle tufts are movable both sideways and downwards in a toggling movement relative to the bristle tufts stationarily mounted on the skeleton.