Patent ID: 9498052
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A46B

Claim Text:
1. A toothbrush, comprising an upper part and a lower part which are interconnected by means of an articulation, wherein a storage chamber for a liquid or pasty medium, is provided in the lower part, a brush head being disposed on the upper part, a channel extending between the storage chamber and the brush head, a device being disposed in the channel which impedes a flow of the medium from the brush head to the storage chamber, the upper part and the lower part having flexurally rigid wall sections which are interconnected via the articulation, an elastic wall section being disposed between the flexurally rigid wall sections, which forms a wall section of the storage chamber, the flexurally rigid wall sections, the flexurally rigid wall sections and the articulation being formed from a one-piece part and that the articulation being a film hinge wherein the elastic wall section comprises a material less rigid than a material used to make the one-piece flexurally rigid wall section and the articulation.