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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Uwe Jungnickel, Koenigstein/Taunus, DE;
Niclas Altmann, Schoeneck, DE;
René Guebler, Friedberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/0002 (2013.01); A46B 15/0012 (2013.01); A46B 15/0044 (2013.01); A46B 5/0062 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral hygiene implement for evaluating applied force is described herein. The oral hygiene implement has a handle region, a head, and a neck extending between the handle region and the head. The head has a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the head. The handle region has a first portion and a second portion and a force sensor pivotally connected to the first portion and the second portion. The force sensor includes the head and the neck and at least a portion of the force sensor is integrally formed with the first portion and/or the second portion.