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Toothbrush

US6101659A · kind A · utility

66Cited by
5References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 10, 1999
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B7/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toothbrush, in the neck region of which there is an integral thinned part laterally surrounded by a mass of elastomeric material bonded to the plastics material, the mass being of a shape which bulges laterally beyond the line of the surface of the longitudinally adjacent parts of the neck or the head to which it is connected. The thinned part and the bulging mass provide a toothbrush of improved flexibility.

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