Patent ID: 8220097

Claim:
A brushhead for an electric toothbrush comprising: a housing; a base portion structured to receive a drive motion from a drive rod having a longitudinal axis, the base portion including a first set of bristles secured thereto; a rocker portion structured to receive a drive motion from the drive rod having a longitudinal axis, the rocker portion including a second set of bristles secured thereto; and a pivot element coupling the base portion to the housing and a pin element being perpendicular to the pivot element, the pin element coupling the base portion to the pivot element; wherein base portion and the rocker portion are movable such that a first cleaning motion of the first and second set of bristles includes a back and forth oscillation movement about the pivot element; and wherein the rocker portion is movable such that a second cleaning motion of the second set of bristles includes an up and down movement about the pin element.