Patent ID: 7418759
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A46B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush comprising: a brush body made of a hard plastic material, which has a neck part, and an adjoining head part; a separately-formed carrier element which is made of hard plastic with bristles fitted on the separately-formed carrier element; at least one flexible non-bristle-containing cleaning element made of a soft plastic material; wherein the separately-formed carrier element is connected to the brush body via a mount located on the head part, the mount is adapted to receive the separately-formed carrier element, and the at least one flexible non-bristle-containing cleaning element is arranged on the head part and non-releasably integrally connected to the brush body by multi-component injection molding, independently of the separately-formed carrier element; and wherein the at least one flexible non-bristle-containing cleaning element extends from the brush body in substantially the same direction as the bristles.