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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Phillip M Braun, Exeter, RI (US);
Joseph Syndosis, Wayland, MA (US);
Ronald R Duff, Jr., Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Richard H. Cohen, Sherborn, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, Brookline, MA (US);
Phillip M Braun, Exeter, RI (US);
Joseph Syndosis, Wayland, MA (US);
Ronald R Duff, Jr., Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Richard H. Cohen, Sherborn, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, Brookline, MA (US);
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A toothbrush has a head extending from a neck which extends from a handle, and the head has a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending therefrom. A first group of tooth cleaning elements is located towards a free end of the head, and a second group of tooth cleaning elements is located towards the outside of the head. A third group of tooth cleaning elements, which alternate with the second group of tufts, are oriented at an acute angle to a top surface of the head in a direction that is across the width of the head. A fourth group of tooth cleaning elements is located toward the inside of the head, and each is made of a thermoplastic elastomer and each is in the shape of a curved wall. A fifth group of tooth cleaning elements is located towards the inside of the head.