Patent ID: 7962988

Claim:
A powered toothbrush comprising: a handle having a neck; a head mounted to the neck and having a first surface and an opposed second surface; a first fixed tuft block mounted to the head in a fixed orientation and having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly away from the first surface; a second fixed tuft block mounted to the head in a fixed orientation and having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly away from the first surface; a movable tuft block flexibly connected to the first and second fixed tuft blocks and having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly away from the first surface; a drive assembly operably connected to the movable tuft block to move the movable tuft block with respect to the first and second fixed tuft blocks; wherein the first and second fixed tuft blocks and the movable tuft block are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head; and wherein the drive assembly rocks the movable tuft block in an oscillating manner-in a plane extending along the longitudinal axis and substantially perpendicular to the first surface.