Oral care implement
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsGerald Görich, Markus Morgott, Uwe Jungnickel
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Abstract
An oral care implement comprises a head and a handle, the head being repeatedly attachable to and detachable from the handle. The head is made from a non-magnetic and/or non-ferromagnetic material, while the handle is at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material.
Claims20
An oral care implement (10) comprising a head (14) and a handle (12), the head (14) being repeatedly attachable to and detachable from the handle (12), the head (14) being made from a non-magnetic and/or non-ferromagnetic material, and the handle (12) being at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material,
- wherein the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material comprises an amorphous thermoplastic resin and iron oxide powder,
- wherein the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material has been molded into the handle (12) or part of the handle (12) of the oral care implement (10) by either injection molding or extrusion molding,
- wherein the handle (14) further comprises a thumb rest (16) being made from thermoplastic elastomer material and/or from polypropylene material,
- wherein a periphery of the thumb rest (16) is surrounded by the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material of the handle (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.