Patent ID: 9572642
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A46B,A61C

Claim:
1. Plug-on brush for an electric toothbrush, the plug-on brush comprising: a plug-on brush body with a neck, a head arranged at a first end of the neck; plug means at a second end of the neck for removably attaching the plug-on brush to an electric toothbrush, the plug means being configured such that in operation the plug-on brush body is impivotable with respect to the electric toothbrush; a plurality of stationary cleaning elements arranged at the head and fixedly with respect to the neck; a shaft prolongation arranged within and pivotably movable relative to the plug-on brush body and having connection elements for removably and operatively connecting to an output shaft of the electric toothbrush; a plurality of movable cleaning elements connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the shaft prolongation; the plurality of stationary cleaning elements comprising bristles having a first length and the plurality of movable cleaning elements comprising bristles having a second length, wherein at least a portion of the first length bristles and at least a portion of the second length bristles being arranged in alternate rows virtually perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plug-on brush.