Patent ID: 9724181
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An oral hygiene implement having a longitudinal axis; a carrier element mounted for driven movement; a motion transmitter that has a first end for transferring a drive force to the carrier element, which first end is provided at a position being offset from the longitudinal axis, and the motion transmitter has a second end positioned essentially on the longitudinal axis or is arranged for being positioned essentially on the longitudinal axis during operation; wherein the motion transmitter has a first coupling part comprising the first end, which first coupling part essentially extends along a centre axis arranged at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a second coupling part comprising the second end, which first coupling part is fixedly connected with a first connecting portion of an elastic pivot element that allows that the first coupling part and the second coupling part can pivot with respect to each other at least in a first pivoting plane spanned by the longitudinal axis and by the centre axis, wherein the elastic pivot element is arranged so that pivoting in the first pivoting plane occurs with a restoring force in a range of between about 0.15 N·mm/degree and about 0.5 N·mm/degree; and wherein the first coupling part is made from a plastics material, including reinforced plastics materials, having a Young's modulus of at least 5000 MPa or from a metal material, and at least the first connecting portion is made from a plastics material having a Young's modulus of not more than 3000 Mpa.