Patent ID: 6360398
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
A toothbrush comprising:a toothbrush body having an elongated neck extending from a distal end thereof, an elongated planar carrier plate including a first end extending from the distal end of the neck and a second free end, the carrier plate including an elongate central groove defining an aperture extending through the carrier plate; a round-wedge-form undercut stop located at the meeting of the first end of the carrier plate and the distal end of the neck, said undercut stop including a top wall spaced from an upper surface of the carrier plate and including a concave surface beneath said top wall facing the free second end of the carrier plate, the concave surface extending across the width of the carrier plate and the depth of the undercut stop beneath said top wall decreases from a central portion thereof to each of opposite sides thereof which sides define the width of the carrier plate; a bristle plate including a bristled upper surface and a lower surface including an elongate tongue adapted for releasable insertion into the groove of the carrier plate, a first end of said bristle plate including a round wedge extending across the width thereof and which defines a convex shape which matches the concave shape of the undercut stop; and whereby the bristle plate and the carrier plate are releasably connected with a snap-fit connection and a second end of the bristle plate is free of direct attachment to said carrier plate.