Toothbrush

US7725972B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GlaxoSmithKLine Consumer GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Tamas Berde · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Christoph Geiberger · Rübhausen, DE
• Ralph Francis Walker · Brentford, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/425
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A head for an electric toothbrush having first and second brush parts, one of which is rotary and the other is reciprocally moveable or static. Preferred forms have elastomeric oral hygiene parts, and electric toothbrush heads with novel “V” sectioned oral hygiene parts are also disclosed.