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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A. DePuydt, Quincy, MA (US);
Bernhard Boland, Frankfurt, DE;
Michael Stopler, Eschborn, DE;
Thomas Fritsch, Eppstein, DE;
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 1/302 ;
Abstract
A head for a toothbrush including a neck and, first and second sets of one or more bristles each. The first and second sets are indirectly supported by the neck arid movable relative to each other such that at least one component of this relative movement causes the bristle(s) of the first set to be raised and/or lowered relative to the bristle(s) in the second set. The first and second sets of bristles both are movable relative to the neck.