Patent ID: 8083980

Claim:
A method for producing an article used in personal hygiene having a treatment head, a handle and a neck part connecting the treatment head and the handle, the article having a proximal end and a distal end and a midpoint between the proximal and distal ends, the treatment head being disposed at the distal end, the proximal end being opposite to the distal end, and the article including at least two molded parts, the method comprising: forming at least part of the handle from a first plastic material by injection molding a first molded part, the first molded part defining at least a portion of an exterior of the handle; subsequently forming the neck part from a second plastic material by injection molding a second molded part, the second molded part defining a portion of an interior of the handle and an end part at the proximal end of the article, such that one of the first and second molded parts is at least partially enclosed by the other, the second molded part bearing the treatment head at the distal end of the article; and providing at least one of the first and second molded parts with at least one further part, of a different material than the first and second molded parts, the at least one further part being formed of thermoplastic elastomer, wherein at least a portion of the first molded part extends between the midpoint and adjacent to the end part at the proximal end of the article.