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Toothbrush

US9826822B2 · kind B2 · utility

37Cited by

11References

8Claims

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Assignee

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH and Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Christoph Geiberger · Rübhausen, DE
Wolf-Dieter Mueller · Laufenburg (Baden), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2012
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S15/06
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A manual toothbrush having oral hygiene elements arranged in polygons with an oral hygiene element at each apex, and having plural polygons nested within each other. The oral hygiene elements may be bristles, which may be of two different types, or elastomer elements and may contain tooth-polishing additive. The toothbrush head surface may be flat or may have its region distal from the handle angled up.

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