Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles
AssigneeChesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsPeter Leonard Dawson, Bert Davis Heinzelman, Donald Richard Lamond, John Moldauer, Stephen John Raven
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Abstract
A toothbrush is provided having a handle and a bristle bearing head. The head includes a central skeleton, resilient side members mounted on either side of the central skeleton, tuft mounting receptacles in both the skeleton and the side members, and bristle forming tufts received in both the tuft mounting receptacles of the skeleton and of the side members. The side member bristle tufts are movable both sideways and downwards in a toggling movement relative to the bristle tufts stationarily mounted on the skeleton.
Claims16
A toothbrush comprising a handle and a bristle bearing head, the head comprising a central skeleton with sides flanking the skeleton, a resilient side member mounted on each side of the central skeleton, a plurality of tuft mounting receptacles in the skeleton and in the side members, a plurality of bristles forming tufts received in the tuft mounting receptacles of the skeleton and in the side members, the side member bristle tufts being resiliently movable sideways and downwards in a toggling movement relative to the bristle tufts of the skeleton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.