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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Brian Bloch, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Lars Ralf Rainer Lieberwirth, Glashuetten, DE;
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A toothbrush having a pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the invention can be a toothbrush comprising: a handle; a head; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted to and extending from a front surface of the head; a printed circuit board located within the head, the printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface; a pressure sensor operably coupled to a front surface of the printed circuit board, wherein pressure applied to the plurality of tooth cleaning elements is transmitted to the pressure sensor; and a light source attached to a rear surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the light source is illuminated upon the pressure sensor being subjected to a pressure that exceeds a predetermined threshold.