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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
M+c Schiffer Gmbh, Neustadt/Wied, DE;
Erwin Buchholz, Asbach, DE;
M+C SCHIFFER GMBH, Neustadt/Wied, DE;
Abstract
A method for making a toothbrush including a handle, a head including at least one cleaning element extending therefrom, and a hinge arranged between the head and the handle, said hinge including a joint between the handle and the head of a harder thermoplastic component covered by a softer thermoplastic component is provided, the method including: forming a base body by injection molding of a first thermoplastic material forming one of the handle or the head, and injection molding of a second thermoplastic material for forming the other of the handle or the head to thereby fuse the second thermoplastic material against the first thermoplastic material; placing the base body into a further mold; and injection molding the softer thermoplastic component for covering the joint.