Multi-component plastic housing

A multi-component housing for a toothbrush handle, the housing having a top end, a bottom end opposite to the top end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the housing having a length L of from about 120 mm to about 200 mm extending between the top and bottom ends and a maximal orthogonal dimension Dmax extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the length L of the housing is at least three times greater than the maximal orthogonal dimension Dmax extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the housing comprising:

• at least a first component made of a first hard-plastic material and having a first end and a second end opposite thereto, a second component made of a second hard-plastic material, and a third component made of a soft-plastic material, the first component, the second component, and the third component being integrally joined together to form a generally tubular structure;
• wherein the housing includes at least one tolerance-elimination element made of the second hard-plastic material and attached to one of the first and second ends of the first component along the longitudinal axis, wherein the tolerance-elimination element has a proximal end adjacent to the first component and a distal end opposite to the proximal end, wherein the tolerance-elimination element has an average length H of from about 3 mm to about 20 mm extending parallel to the longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end of the tolerance-elimination element, wherein an interface between the tolerance-elimination element and the one of the first and second ends of the first component to which end the tolerance-elimination element is attached is oblique relative to the longitudinal axis, wherein the tolerance-elimination element and the first component are at least partially overmolded by the soft-plastic material.