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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Gmbh & Co. KG, Buehl (Baden), DE;
Inventors:
Christoph Geiberger, Königswinter, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Mueller, Buehl, DE;
Assignee:
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG, Buehl (Baden), DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 5/007 (2013.01); A46B 9/025 (2013.01); A46B 9/026 (2013.01); A46B 9/06 (2013.01); Y10S 15/05 (2013.01); Y10S 15/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A manual toothbrush having oral hygiene elements arranged in polygons with an oral hygiene element at each apex, and having plural polygons nested within each other. The oral hygiene elements may be bristles, which may be of two different types, or elastomer elements and may contain tooth-polishing additive. The toothbrush head surface may be flat or may have its region distal from the handle angled up.