Toothbrush

US7546658B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH and Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Koeth · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Wolf-Dieter Mueller · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Klaus Reinbold · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Thomas Clos · Cologne, DE
• Andreas Lanvers · Bad Honnef, DE
• Christoph Geiberger · Rübhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2009
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/425
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A toothbrush head having elastomeric oral hygiene parts in the form of elastomeric strips aligned non-perpendicular to the length direction of the head. Preferably adjacent pairs of strips are linked to form a strip of “V” cross section. Preferably the head comprises flexibly linked segments and is flexibly linked to the toothbrush handle.