Patent ID: 8533891
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush comprising: a head comprising a base and a longitudinal axis; a first flexible cleaning element support member extending from said base and comprising a first flexible stem and a first flexible support head having a portion overhanging a portion of said first flexible stem, said first flexible stern located on the longitudinal axis; a second cleaning element support member spaced from said first cleaning element support member along said base and comprising a second flexible stem and a second flexible support head having an outer peripheral edge, said second flexible stern located on the longitudinal axis; a first portion of said outer peripheral edge of said second flexible support head overhangs a portion of said second flexible stem and a second portion of said outer peripheral edge of said second flexible support head is free of an overhang relative to said second flexible stem such that the second portion of said outer peripheral edge of said second flexible support head and said second flexible stem collectively form a continuous smooth surface with an outer surface of the base at a free end of the head; wherein said second flexible support head is spaced a first distance from said base, said first distance forming a first gap between an undersurface of said second flexible support head and said base; wherein the overhanging portion of the first flexible support head is spaced by a second distance from the overhanging portion of the second flexible support head, said second distance forming a second gap between the overhanging portions of the first and second flexible support heads; and tooth cleaning elements extending from a top surface of said second flexible support head, wherein said tooth cleaning elements are positioned on said second flexible support head so that an axis that is substantially normal to said longitudinal axis of said head intersects said first gap and a point on said top surface where at least one of said tooth cleaning elements connect to the second flexible support head.