Patent ID: 7210187

Claim:
A toothbrush, comprising: a hand grip; a toothbrush head; releasably interengageable means comprising a screw threaded spigot on an end of the band grip and a plurality of screw threaded sockets defined in the toothbrush head, whereby the toothbrush head can be releasably assembled in a plurality of different positions relative to the hand grip; and the toothbrush head comprising an elongated body that is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, the head including opposed top and bottom surfaces with the bottom surface including a plurality of bristles extending therefrom, opposed sides surfaces extending along the length of the body, and opposed end surfaces, and there being a screw threaded socket in at least the top surface, one of the side surfaces and one of the end surfaces whereby the hand grip and head may selectively assume one of the three orientations including (1) a first orientation wherein the hand grip is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body when the spigot is engaged with the threaded socket in the end surface, (ii) a second orientation wherein the hand grip is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body when the spigot is engaged with the threaded socket in the side surface, and (iii) a third orientation wherein the hand grip is substantially perpendicular to the top surface and generally aligned with the bristles when the spigot is engaged with the threaded socket in the top surface.