Patent ID: 7607190

Claim:
A toothbrush comprising: a handle, an elongated head mounted to said handle, said head having an outer surface, fixed cleaning elements mounted to said head and extending outwardly from said outer surface, movable cleaning elements mounted to said head by at least one movable carrier and extending outwardly from said outer surface, the carrier being connected by a stem to a joint that is pivotally received in a socket located recessed below the outer surface of the head, wherein said movable cleaning elements can be pivoted away from an initial position generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the head in response to said movable cleaning elements contacting the teeth of the user causing pivotal movement of the joint in the socket, wherein the carrier is disposed above the outer surface; a resilient material between said outer surface of said head and the carrier, the resilient material contacting a bottom surface of the carrier and the outer surface of the head, the resilient material surrounding the stem and biasing the movable cleaning elements in the initial positions, and wherein a portion of said joint is exposed from a surface of an underside of the head that is opposite the outer surface, wherein the socket is formed in a recess in the surface of the underside of the head opposite the outer surface of the head.