Manual toothbrush concept being combined from three parts

US9486066B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Andreas Bresselschmidt · Weiterstadt, DE
• Andreas Birk · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
• Holger Schulz · Frankfurt, DE
• Wolfgang Stegmann · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Jochen Ganninger · Eschborn, DE
• Michael Jost · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Karl Herzog · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Andreas Reuschenbach · Bad Soden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2016
• Expiry date: May 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A46B2200/1066
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A toothbrush comprises a head, a neck portion and a handle, wherein the neck portion and the handle portion are connected to one another via a coupling element. The connection is constructed as an inseparable connection, i.e., after being combined once, the neck portion and the handle cannot be separated without the brush being destroyed by such separation. A method for producing such a toothbrush may comprise the following steps: providing a head, a neck portion, a handle, and a coupling element, and combining the neck portion to the handle by the coupling element so that an irreversible connection is formed.