Patent ID: 7520571
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A46B,A46D,A61C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush, comprising: a handle and a head part with bristle filaments, a flexible material region, and at least one flexible, non-bristle containing cleaning element, wherein the at least one cleaning element is molded into prepared cutouts of a plate-like carrier element, the plate-like carrier element having a front side and a rear side, bristle receiving cutouts are provided in the carrier element and/or the flexible material region, and bristle filaments are guided through the bristle receiving cutouts and rear ends of the bristle filaments are melted, welded or adhesively bonded on the rear side of the carrier element or the flexible material region, wherein the carrier element is of a harder material than that of the flexible material region and connected to the head part such that the rear side faces the head part.