Toothbrush
First Claim
1. A toothbrush comprising a handle terminating at one end in a head and at least two distinct groups of bristle tufts projecting from the head, one of said groups comprising a plurality of rows of relatively soft bristle tufts extending longitudinally of the head and the other of said groups comprising rows of relatively hard bristle tufts extending longitudinally of the head alongside and laterally outwardly and on opposite sides of said one group, the tufts of said one group being longer and of smaller diameter bristles than the tufts of said other group, and a transverse row of bristle tufts on the end of the head remote from the handle and comprising bristle tufts that are longer than any of the other bristle tufts on the head the bristle tufts of said end row being harder and of larger diameter than the bristle tufts of said one group.
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Abstract
A toothbrush head has two inner longitudinal rows of relatively soft bristle tufts, two outer longitudinal rows of shorter relatively hard bristle tufts, and a transverse end row of hard bristle tufts that are longer than any of the other tufts, and the end surfaces of the bristle tufts of the inner and outer rows are tapered laterally outwardly from an apex of the softer bristles that extends longitudinally medially of the head.
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9 Claims
- 1. A toothbrush comprising a handle terminating at one end in a head and at least two distinct groups of bristle tufts projecting from the head, one of said groups comprising a plurality of rows of relatively soft bristle tufts extending longitudinally of the head and the other of said groups comprising rows of relatively hard bristle tufts extending longitudinally of the head alongside and laterally outwardly and on opposite sides of said one group, the tufts of said one group being longer and of smaller diameter bristles than the tufts of said other group, and a transverse row of bristle tufts on the end of the head remote from the handle and comprising bristle tufts that are longer than any of the other bristle tufts on the head the bristle tufts of said end row being harder and of larger diameter than the bristle tufts of said one group.
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8. A toothbrush comprising a relatively flat head, two longitudinal side by side inner rows of bristles tufts projecting from said head, two outer longitudinal rows of bristle tufts projecting from said head at opposite sides of said inner rows, the tufts of said inner rows being longer than those of the outer rows, a transverse end row of bristle tufts bridging two adjacent ends of said outer rows and comprising tufts that are longer than any of the other tufts on the head, the bristles of said outer rows and the transverse end rows being harder than those of the inner rows whereby said outer and end rows effectively confine an area of softer bristles, and the free surfaces of all the tufts of said inner and outer rows being tapered laterally outwardly and toward the plane of the head to define a longitudinally extending apex of longer softer bristles.
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