Patent ID: 8601629
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A46B,A61C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush comprising: a handle including a handle wall that at least partially defines a handle cavity, said handle extending longitudinally between spaced first and second ends; a vibratory source disposed within said handle cavity in longitudinally-spaced relation to said first end of said handle, said vibratory source adapted to undergo vibratory movement and thereby generate vibratory output; a mounting element supported on said handle within said handle cavity and in longitudinally-spaced relation to said first end of said handle, said mounting element including an outer mounting wall adapted to engage said handle wall, an inner mounting wall adapted to receive said vibratory source, and at least one intermediate wall suspending said inner mounting wall from said outer mounting wall such that said vibratory source can undergo said vibratory movement within said handle cavity and thereby generate said vibratory output; a connecting member extending longitudinally between opposing first and second member ends, said first member end fixedly connected to said vibratory source such that said connecting member projects from said vibratory source toward said first end of said handle; a bearing surface disposed along said handle within said handle cavity and spaced from said vibratory source toward said first end of said handle, said connecting member engaging said bearing surface such that vibratory output from said vibratory source when acting in a first direction results in vibratory output at said second end of said connecting member acting in an opposing second direction; and, a cleaning head received along said first end of said handle and operatively interengaging said second end of said connecting member such that said vibratory output at said second end of said connecting member is communicated to said cleaning head and said cleaning head is thereby displaced in said opposing second direction.