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US 8,997,297 B2Granted
Toothbrush
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsJuergen Mohr, Martin Vitt, Martin Jay Marotti, Daniel Jay Monroe, Jens Stoerkel
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Abstract
An oral care implement is described herein. The oral care implement includes a base and a first grip member. The base has a gripping region and an oral engaging region. The base has an aperture extending therethrough. The first grip member at least partially overlays the gripping region of the base and has a plurality of gripping elements. The first grip member also has a at least one opening exposing a guidance element. The guidance element includes a protrusion and a ring surrounding the protrusion.
Claims15
An oral care implement comprising:
- a base with a gripping region and an oral engaging region, the base having an aperture extending therethrough;
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- a first grip member at least partially overlying the gripping region of the base and provided with at least one opening exposing a guidance element, wherein the first grip member comprises a plurality of gripping elements, and wherein the guidance element comprises a protrusion and a ring surrounding the protrusion, wherein the guidance element comprises a first material and the first grip member comprises a second material, wherein the first material is harder than the second material, wherein the protrusion of the guidance element has a height that is greater than a height of the ring surrounding the protrusion, and wherein the ring surrounding the protrusion is adjacent to the first grip member and has a thickness greater than 0.3 mm and less than 0.6 mm
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.