Patent · US Expired

Toothbrush

US6990706B2 · kind B2 · utility

50Cited by

4References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignees

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH and Co. KG · DE
M+C Schiffer GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerd Broecker · Neustadt, DE
Matthias Georgi · Siegburg, DE
Berthold Meyer · Linz, DE
Wolf-Dieter Muller

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2000
Grant date	Jan 31, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/425
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toothbrush having a head which carries a dental cleaning tool, and a grip handle, the head and handle being disposed along a longitudinal head-handle axis, the toothbrush having a resiliently flexible structure which can resiliently bend under the action of toothbrushing pressure and having adjustment means comprising a longitudinally moveable stiffening member which can be moved longitudinally into greater or lesser engagement with the resiliently flexible structure.

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