Patent ID: 8397332

Claim:
A toothbrush handle of an electric toothbrush, with a handle housing having a rod-shaped drive transmitter which protrudes from a first front of the handle housing including a drive motor for moving the drive transmitter wherein the drive transmitter is mounted, by means of a bearing device comprising bearing legs or spring elements in the interior of the handle housing, in the manner of a rocker arm such that the drive transmitter can be pivoted to-and-fro transverse to its longitudinal axis by the drive motor, wherein the drive transmitter is held by the bearing device in a manner so as to swivel around a rotational point, which lies outside the handle housing wherein the rotational point is a distance away from the first front of the handle housing which is longer than the protrusion of the drive transmitter, which extends beyond the first front of the handle housing and/or is less than a total length of the handle housing and wherein the bearing legs or spring elements are arranged, on opposing sides of the drive transmitter, at a steep angle with respect to one another, tilted toward the rotational point of the drive transmitter and converging with one another.