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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:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip M. Braun, Exeter, RI (US);
William Alan Bredall, Pacifica, CA (US);
Karen Lynn Claire, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Edward McConnell, Foster City, CA (US);
Michael F. Roberts, Braintree, MA (US);
Thomas Overthun, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada Company, Halifax, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ; A46B 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ; A46B 7/06 ;
Abstract
A toothbrush includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, such as tufts of bristles, extending from the head. Each tooth cleaning element is supported for rotation about primarily only one axis. Each tooth cleaning element is rotatable independent of the other tooth cleaning element(s).