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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Halm, Santa Ponsa, ES;
Assignee:
Lingner & Fischer GmbH, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 ;
Abstract
A toothbrush having a handle and at one end having a bristle-bearing head which is in the form of one or more segments which are flexibly and/or resiliently linked to each other. Optionally, the head may also be flexibly and/or resiliently linked to the handle. The grooves between the linked segments of the head are wholly or partly filled with an elastomeric material. In one aspect, the bristle-bearing head of the toothbrush is attached to the handle by a frame which wholly or partly surrounds the head and is an integral extension of the handle.