Patent ID: 8016364
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A46B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a toothbrush with a brush body which has a neck part and an adjoining head part as well as conventional bristles and at least one soft flexible cleaning element, the method comprising: a) producing a carrier element that is made of a hard plastic material and on which conventional bristles are fitted; and b) producing the brush body made of a hard plastic material with a mount that is adapted to the carrier element and the at least one soft flexible cleaning element, made of a soft flexible material, by two-component or multi-component injection molding, arranged at the head part, the at least one soft flexible cleaning element being integrally formed with the brush body, and connecting the carrier element, on which conventional bristles are fitted, in a non releasable manner to the brush body.