Patent ID: 6848141

Claim:
A brush section for an electric powered toothbrush comprising, a first end having a connector adapted to be joined to a handle section; and a second end containing a head, which head terminates in a toe; said head containing a bristle carrier with a first portion closest to said first end, which first portion is generally disk shaped with a generally circular cross-section; said first portion has one or more fingers extending therefrom, in a direction generally distal from said first end; said bristle carrier has a face extending across said first portion and across said one or more fingers, from which face extends a plurality of bristle tufts; wherein said face has a shape other than circular or oval; said handle section contains a driving means which is drivingly engaged to said bristle carrier; whereby in use, the bristles extending from the one or more fingers provides increased contact with the gingival tissues and enhanced massaging thereof, wherein the bristle carrier has a bottom surface opposite to said face, which bottom surface has a front edge, said bottom surface is attached to the center of said bristle carrier by a rotational supporting means to a bristle carrier support; said bottom surface of the bristle carrier is attached to a bristle carrier support by a rotational supporting means; which bristle carrier support has a first end integral with the head and a second free, toe end; the bristle carrier support extends from said head to a point between the toe of the head and the center of said bristle carrier, where there is a separation between the free, toe end of the bristle carrier support and the bottom surface of the bristle carrier; and the front edge of the bristle carrier has a convex curve arcing away from the face, the convex curve arc extending further away from said face than the separation in a direction transverse to the face.