Toothbrush
AssigneeAlexander E. Vowles
InventorChristiaan R. Weideman
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Abstract
This invention relates to a toothbrush which includes tufts of bristles which are fixed to and project from a head to define a substantially rectangular brush surface and a pair of resilient gum massage members which are located on opposite long sides of the brush surface with each massage member being at least as long as the brush surface occupied by three tufts of bristles but shorter than the surface and as wide as a tuft of bristles.
Claims2
A toothbrush which comprises a head, a plurality of tufts of bristles which are fixed to and project from the head, the bristles defining at their free ends an elongate brush surface, and two massage members which extend upwardly from the head and which are located on the opposing longer sides of the brush surface, each massage member having a resilient integral massage surface at or near the brush surface, being adjacent at least three tufts of bristles, and being in line with bristles at each of its ends so that the bristles provide unimpeded brushing action transversely to the massage member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.