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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Krämer, Buehl-Altschweier, DE;
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, GmbH, Buhl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ;
Abstract
A toothbrush in which the head comprises a substantially rigid base region adjoining the toothbrush neck and extending from the base end of the head to a resilient flexible link situated between the base end and the tip end, and a tip region extending from the tip end of the head to the link region, both the base region and tip region being bristle bearing, the tip region being flexibly and resiliently linked at the link region to the base region, and between the base end of the head and the neck there is a resilient flexible link.