EP 0957707 B1 20020130 - TOOTHBRUSHES
Title (en)
TOOTHBRUSHES
Title (de)
ZAHNBÜRSTEN
Title (fr)
BROSSES A DENTS
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9612944 W 19960809
- US 202695 P 19950822
- US 518496 P 19960227
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9707706A2] A toothbrush is disclosed having a handle portion and a head portion carrying or adapted to carry a bristle configuration. The handle has an end portion, a waist, a shoulder portion and a neck connecting the shoulder to the head. The waist is narrower, at least in plan view, than the end portion or the shoulder, and the end portion, preferably, is rounded. The bristle configuration is such that the teeth engaging ends of the bristles do not lie in a plane parallel to the surface of the head of the handle in which the bristles are embedded. In a first embodiment, the teeth engaging ends of at least a proportion of the bristles lie in a curved line when the toothbrush is viewed in side elevation. The curved line is provided by a mixture of concave groups of bristles and convex groups of bristles. In a second embodiment, the bristle configuration falls into at least two groups of bristles. The teeth engaging ends of the bristles of the first group, and the teeth engaging ends of the bristles of the second group, lie in curved lines when the toothbrush is viewed in side elevation. In a third embodiment, the teeth engaging ends of the bristles form a continuous wavy line. In a fourth embodiment, the teeth engaging ends of the bristles fall into two groups, a rearwardly located group, the castellated group, made up of transversely extending rows of bristles, the rows alternating in height, and a forwardly located group having at least some bristles extending further from the surface of the toothbrush head than any of the bristles of the castellated group.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A46B 5/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR)
A46B 5/02 (2013.01 - EP KR); A46B 9/04 (2013.01 - EP KR); B25G 1/102 (2013.01 - EP); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9707706 A2 19970306; WO 9707706 A3 19970612; AR 004506 A1 19981216; AT E212517 T1 20020215; AT E326879 T1 20060615; AU 7007096 A 19970319; AU 713165 B2 19991125; BG 102331 A 19981230; BG 63616 B1 20020731; BR 9603387 A 19980512; BR 9610145 A 19990202; CA 2229803 A1 19970306; CA 2229803 C 20070626; CN 1101663 C 20030219; CN 1193263 A 19980916; CN 1203796 C 20050601; CN 1432321 A 20030730; CZ 51298 A3 19990317; DE 69618994 D1 20020314; DE 69618994 T2 20020926; DE 69636175 D1 20060629; DE 69636175 T2 20061026; DE 69636175 T3 20160128; DK 0957707 T3 20020513; EG 20921 A 20000628; EP 0957707 A2 19991124; EP 0957707 B1 20020130; EP 0957707 B2 20050105; ES 2137904 T1 20000101; ES 2137904 T3 20020916; GR 990300040 T1 19991231; HK 1035645 A1 20011207; HU 221146 B1 20020828; HU P9900494 A2 19990528; HU P9900494 A3 19991129; IL 123353 A0 19980924; IL 153445 A0 20040927; JP H11511998 A 19991019; KR 19990037709 A 19990525; MX 9801354 A 19980731; NO 980677 D0 19980218; NO 980677 L 19980421; NZ 318559 A 20000228; PL 185327 B1 20030430; PL 188120 B1 20041231; PL 325052 A1 19980706; PT 957707 E 20020731; RO 118624 B1 20030829; SK 21598 A3 19981104; TR 199800248 T2 19980821; UA 44803 C2 20020315
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9612944 W 19960809; AR 10398296 A 19960814; AT 00203299 T 19960809; AT 96931374 T 19960809; AU 7007096 A 19960809; BG 10233198 A 19980317; BR 9603387 A 19960812; BR 9610145 A 19960809; CA 2229803 A 19960809; CN 02156005 A 20021211; CN 96196338 A 19960809; CZ 51298 A 19960809; DE 69618994 T 19960809; DE 69636175 T 19960809; DK 96931374 T 19960809; EG 75496 A 19960814; EP 96931374 A 19960809; ES 96931374 T 19960809; GR 990300040 T 19960809; HK 01105488 A 20010807; HU P9900494 A 19960809; IL 12335396 A 19960809; IL 15344502 A 20021215; JP 51029797 A 19960809; KR 19980701188 A 19980218; MX 9801354 A 19960809; NO 980677 A 19980218; NZ 31855996 A 19960809; PL 32505296 A 19960809; PL 35639496 A 19960809; PT 96931374 T 19960809; RO 9800278 A 19960809; SK 21598 A 19960809; TR 9800248 T 19960809; UA 98031431 A 19960809