Patent ID: 9486066
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A46B

Claim Text:
1. A toothbrush comprising a head comprising one or more cleaning elements, a handle, a neck portion being connected to the head and a coupling element, wherein the coupling element has a first end protruding into the neck portion and a second end protruding into the handle, wherein the neck portion comprises a coupling end that is one-time and irreversibly connectable to the handle and irreversibly mounted onto the coupling element first end, wherein a part of the coupling element protrudes from the neck portion, wherein the handle comprises a receiving end comprising a receiving element structured and configured to receive the second end of the coupling element that protrudes from the neck portion and wherein the neck portion and the handle are arranged irreversibly onto the coupling element such that the neck portion and the handle cannot be separated from one another and from the coupling element without the toothbrush being destroyed; wherein the coupling element comprises a circumferential elevation located between the coupling end of the neck portion and the receiving end of the handle; wherein the circumferential elevation comprises a part of an outer surface of the toothbrush or is covered by the coupling end and the receiving end after the neck portion and the handle have been connected; and wherein a diameter of the first end of the coupling element disposed in at least one of the head and the neck portion and a diameter of the second end of the coupling element disposed in the handle is smaller than a diameter of the circumferential elevation.