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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Mark Edward McConnell, Naas, IE;
Michael Frank Fryauf, West Branch, IA (US);
Declan Connolly, County Kildare, IE;
Gerald S. Szczech, Iowa City, IA (US);
Gillette Canada Company, Halifax, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a mold that includes a first cavity defining a toothbrush body, a first injection unit in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second cavity, and a second injection unit also in fluid communication with the first cavity. An apparatus is also provided that includes a mold that includes a first cavity defining a toothbrush body, a second cavity defining a toothbrush body, where the first cavity and the second cavity define substantially identical toothbrush bodies, a first injection unit in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second injection unit incapable of being in fluid communication with the second cavity.