Patent ID: 8701239

Claim:
A toothbrush head with a bristle support to which a plurality of cleaning elements are affixed, the toothbrush head having a distal end remote from a handpiece side and a proximal end closer to the handpiece side than the distal end, the bristle support comprising: a mounting section having a central support section; and at least a first rocker having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end being attached to the mounting section adjacent to the distal end, and the second end being a free end disposed adjacent to the proximal end, said rocker being movable relative to the handpiece such that during a movement of the rocker the free end thereof flexes away more intensely than the rest of the rocker, the rocker carrying a row of cleaning elements movable relative to the handpiece, each of said movable cleaning elements having a longitudinal axis and a free end, wherein the movable cleaning elements arranged on the at least a first rocker furthest from a longitudinal center plane of the toothbrush head have their free ends inwardly tilted towards said longitudinal center plane, wherein during the movement of the rocker the movable cleaning elements move sideways in a direction not parallel to their longitudinal axes, and the movable cleaning elements arranged on the free end of the rocker are deflected away more intensely than the movable cleaning elements arranged on the rocker intermediate its first and second ends.