Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles
AssigneeChesebrough-Pond's USA Co.
InventorsStephen John Raven, Derek Guy Savill
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Abstract
A toothbrush having a handle at one end thereof and a bristle bearing head, the head having a skeleton, a resilient member mounted on at least one side of the skeleton, tuft mounts in the skeleton and/or resilient member for receiving bristles, the resilient member bristle tufts being capable of toggling movement, the resilient member tuft mounts having an array of rigid receptacles or wells attached to the skeleton by a bridge hinge, characterised in that the bridge hinges are broken.
Claims20
A toothbrush having a handle joined thereto and a bristle bearing head, the head comprising a skeleton, a resilient member mounted on at least one side of the skeleton, tuft mounting means in at least one of the skeleton and resilient member for receiving bristles, the tuft mounting means being capable of toggling movement and comprising an array of rigid receptacles or wells wherein the rigid receptacles or wells are not attached to the skeleton but are linked thereto by the resilient member.
A method of manufacturing a toothbrush, the toothbrush comprising:
- a handle joined to a bristle bearing head, the head comprising a skeleton, a resilient member mounted on at least one side of the skeleton, tuft mounting means in at least one of the skeleton and resilient member for receiving bristles, the tuft mounting means being capable of toggling movement and comprising an array of rigid receptacles or wells attached to the skeleton by at least one bridge hinge;
- the method comprising:
- inserting bristles tufts into the array of rigid receptacles or wells;
- and
- breaking the at least one bridge hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.