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Title:
TOOTHBRUSH WITH FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004019801
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A toothbrush (10) includes a head (14) having multiple cleaning elements (18, 22). One group of the cleaning elements (18) is mounted on a movable portion (17) of the head (14) and another group (22) may be fixedly mounted on the head (14). The movable portion (17) of the head is attached by a flexible membrane (20) to the fixed portion (15) of the head so that the membrane (20) is capable of flexing to alter its original orientation during use of the toothbrush and then recover to the original orientation randomly during use.

Inventors:
HOHLBEIN DOUGLAS J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/026738
Publication Date:
April 22, 2004
Filing Date:
August 26, 2003
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Assignee:
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (US)
HOHLBEIN DOUGLAS J (US)
International Classes:
A46B9/04; A46B15/00; A46B7/06; A61C17/22; (IPC1-7): A46B9/04; A47L13/12
Foreign References:
US6675428B22004-01-13
US5651158A1997-07-29
US6641764B22003-11-04
US6088870A2000-07-18
US1268544A1918-06-04
US5604951A1997-02-25
US6463618B12002-10-15
US20030084533A12003-05-08
US5813079A1998-09-29
US4488328A1984-12-18
US3103680A1963-09-17
Other References:
See also references of EP 1534165A4
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