Patent ID: 6668416
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A toothbrush having a longitudinal axis, with a head and a handle being made of a hard plastic material and being disposed along said longitudinal axis, the head having bristles extending therefrom in a bristle direction which is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the toothbrush having a width direction generally perpendicular to both the longitudinal axis and the bristle direction, the toothbrush having a resiliently flexible composite region between its head and handle characterised in that the composite region comprises two longitudinally separated regions of a hard plastic material, and at least one member which is triangular shape in section when cut in a plane parallel to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the width direction, the triangular shape having an apex which points in the bristle direction and which is made of a resilient elastomeric material different to the hard plastic material of the toothbrush head and handle which is situated longitudinally between said two adjacent regions of a hard plastic material.