Electric toothbrush

• US 6,446,295 B1
• Filed: 06/26/2000
• Issued: 09/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Inventors: Calabrese, Giuseppe
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Randall E.
• Application Number:
  US09/603,500
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 15/221, 151/10, 152/072, 15/28, 601/142
• US Class Current: 15/28
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1066 Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/005 where the brushing material is not made of bristles, e.g. sponge, rubber or paper
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/06 Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber

Abstract

An electric toothbrush comprises a handle and a head, characterised in that the head has a rubbery cleaning element.

Claims

1. An electric toothbrush comprising:

a housing in a form of a handle, the housing containing a motor; and

a head attached to the handle and projecting from a round surface thereof an array consisting of two rubbery cleaning elements formed as a linear or arcuate lamella in cross-section parallel to a base of the head, a plurality of bristle tufts, the bristle tufts being positioned between the rubbery cleaning elements, the cleaning elements capable of being vibrated or oscillated by the motor.