Patent ID: 7162767

Claim:
A toothbrush comprising: a handle part; a head part connected to the handle part, the head part having a front and a rear face; at least one carrier element made of a hard plastic material and of a soft plastic material and connected to the head part, the at least one carrier element having a top surface, a rear surface and a plurality of cutouts running between the top surface and the rear surface of the carrier element; and clusters of bristle filaments guided through the cutouts, the bristle filaments having a rear end melted to form a bristle coating, the bristle coating covering the rear surface of the at least one carrier element at least partially, wherein the at least one carrier element holding the clusters of the bristle filaments is connected to the head part such that the rear surface of the at least one carrier element is at a distance from the front face of the head part thereby forming a cavity between the at least one carrier element and the front face of the head part, and the at least one carrier element is at least in part resiliently deformable with respect to the head part in order to assume a non-planar three-dimensional configuration at least during use.