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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Gerd Broecker, Neustadt, DE;
Matthias Georgi, Buehl, DE;
Berthold Meyer, Neustadt, DE;
Wolf-dieter Müller, Buehl, DE;
Gerd Broecker, Neustadt, DE;
Matthias Georgi, Buehl, DE;
Berthold Meyer, Neustadt, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Müller, Buehl, DE;
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co KG, Buehl, DE;
M&C Schiffer GmbH, Neustadt, DE;
Abstract
A toothbrush having a head which carries a dental cleaning tool, and a grip handle, the head and handle being disposed along a longitudinal head-handle axis, the toothbrush having a resiliently flexible structure which can resiliently bend under the action of toothbrushing pressure and having adjustment means comprising a longitudinally moveable stiffening member which can be moved longitudinally into greater or lesser engagement with the resiliently flexible structure.