Patent ID: 7503092

Claim:
A toothbrush comprising a handle, a head and the head mounted to one end of said handle, said head including a cleaning element carrier, said cleaning element carrier being in the form of a peripheral frame having an open central area, a plurality of sets of slots formed in an outer surface of said frame and located at spaced intervals on said frame, a plurality of generally thin plates, cleaning elements secured to and extending outwardly from said plates along the length of said plates, each of said plates having a first end secured to the frame at one of the slots and a second end secured to the frame at one of the slots, said plates being disposed transversely and laterally across said open area of said frame, the lateral plates being generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle and perpendicular to the transverse plates and the lateral plates being spaced equidistant to each other and the transverse plates being spaced equidistant to each other, and said plates creating an open lattice pattern having through holes over said open area of said frame to facilitate the cleaning of said head.