Patent ID: 6668415
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A toothbrush comprising a one-piece handle including a gripping zone and a connecting zone, and a bristle portion comprising bristles and joined to said connecting zone, said handle further defining a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush, and including a separate stop part engaged onto said handle spaced from said bristle portion and extending at least substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush, said stop part being arranged to limit introduction of said toothbrush into a buccal cavity, said one-piece handle including two longitudinally spaced cross-sectional enlargements and serving as abutments, said stop part having a circumferential slip-on opening for mounting said stop part in frictional engagement on said handle between said two cross-sectional enlargements, whereby said stop part is securely retained in fixed relation to said handle.