Toothbrush

• US 3,229,318 A
• Filed: 05/15/1964
• Issued: 01/18/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George S. Clemens
• Original Assignee: George S. Clemens
• Inventors: Clemens, George S.
• Application Number:
  US04/367,787
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• US Class Current: 15/167.1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/04 Arranged like in or for toothbrushes
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/045 specially adapted for cleaning a plurality of tooth surfaces simultaneously

Claims

7. AN IMPROVED TOOTHBRUSH FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND AREAS ADJACENT THERETO INCLUDING DEPRESSIONS IN THE SURFACE OF THE TEETH, RECESSES AND THE INTERPROXIMAL AREAS, SAID TOOTHBRUSH COMPRISING:

A TOOTHBRUSH BODY INCLUDING A BRUSH HANDLE AND A BRUSH HEAD, SAID BRUSH HEAD DEFINING A TUFT RECEIVING FACE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PROJECTING PORTIONS SEPARATED BY RECESSES, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING IN SPACED-APART RELATION AND ALTERNATING WITH SAID RECESSES ALONG SAID BRUSH HEAD, THE BASE OF SAID RECESSES DEFINING A BASE PLANE;

AND, A PLURALITY OF TUTSE SECURED IN SAID BRUSH HEAD AND RECEIVED IN THE PROJECTIONS AND RECESSES OF THE TUFT RECEIVING FACE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TUFT RECEIVING FACE, EACH SAID TUFT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SHORT AND LONG BRISTLES, THE BRISTLE ENDS OF THE LONG AND SHORT BRISTLES IN EACH TUFT BEING IN RESPECTIVE AXIALLY SPACED-APART RELATION, THE BRISTLE ENDS OF THE ENTIRE BRUSH CONFIGURATION BEING ARRANGED SUCH THAT THE ENDS OF THE BRISTLES OF THE TUFTS MOUNTED IN THE PROJECTIONS AND RECESSES OF THE BRUSH HEAD ARE DISPOSED IN FOUR IDENTIFIABLE LEVELS, SAID FOUR LEVEL CONFIGURATION PROVIDING EFFECTIVE FULL RANGE CLEANSING ACTION FROM THE BROAD FLAT TOOTH SURFACES INTO THE DEEPER RECESSES OF THE UNTERPROXIMAL AREAS.