Brush head for toothbrush

US6574820B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph Allan DePuydt · Quincy, US
• Bernhard Boland · Frankfurt, DE
• Michael Stopler · Eschborn, DE
• Thomas Fritsch · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C17/3436
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A head for a toothbrush including a neck and, first and second sets of one or more bristles each. The first and second sets are indirectly supported by the neck arid movable relative to each other such that at least one component of this relative movement causes the bristle(s) of the first set to be raised and/or lowered relative to the bristle(s) in the second set. The first and second sets of bristles both are movable relative to the neck.