Title:
TOOTHBRUSH CONTAINING A RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE BRISTLE FIELD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001082742
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a softer toothbrush and method of manufacture thereof, which toothbrush contains a flexibly resilient field of individual bristles with enlarged diameters to provide enhanced cleaning; wherein the brush head has a rigid peripheral fame containing therein an open lattice of base strings from which said field of individual bristles extends.
Inventors:
JURT ALFRED
STRAEHLER RETO
CHEN ALBERT C
RUSSELL BRUCE M
MINTEL THOMAS E
EDWARDS MARK S
STRAEHLER RETO
CHEN ALBERT C
RUSSELL BRUCE M
MINTEL THOMAS E
EDWARDS MARK S
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/013210
Publication Date:
March 21, 2002
Filing Date:
April 24, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (US)
International Classes:
A46B5/00; A46B9/04; A46B9/08; (IPC1-7): A46B9/04; A46B3/20
Foreign References:
| US5836036A | 1998-11-17 | |||
| US4500939A | 1985-02-19 |
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