Method for producing a toothbrush and toothbrush produced thereby

US9717324B2 · 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 29, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/425
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing a toothbrush comprises providing a head, a neck portion, and a handle; providing a coupling element; and combining the neck portion to the handle by the coupling element so that an irreversible connection is formed. The individual parts of the toothbrush to be formed can be produced in parallel or successively, wherein some of the parts can be produced by injection molding. A toothbrush formed by the method comprises a head, a neck portion, and a handle; these elements can be produced as building blocks separately and may be connected to one another via a coupling element to form an inseparable connection.