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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:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Krämer, Buehl-Altschweier, DE;
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare GmbH, Buehl, (Baden), DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 5/02 ; A46B 9/04 ; B29C 4/514 ; B29C 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 5/02 ; A46B 9/04 ; B29C 4/514 ; B29C 4/500 ;
Abstract
A process for making a molded article of two components e.g., plastic material and elastomer, in which internal cores are used to form a hollow toothbrush body, and elastomer is injected to form surface features. The toothbrush body can be made bulky in shape but light by virtue of being hollow.