(19)
(11) EP 1 116 447 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/29

(21) Application number: 01300283.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A41B 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.01.2000 GB 0001009

(71) Applicants:
  • Davies, Victor Owen
    Old St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 6XG (GB)
  • Llewellyn-Jones, Adrian
    Cardiff CF5 6JH (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Davies, Victor Owen
    Old St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 6XG (GB)
  • Llewellyn-Jones, Adrian
    Cardiff CF5 6JH (GB)

(74) Representative: Evans, Huw David Duncan 
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, Three Trinity Court, 21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff CF24 OAA
Cardiff CF24 OAA (GB)

   


(54) Cleaning implement


(57) A one-piece toothbrush or other cleaning implement formed of plastics material by injection moulding comprises an elongate handle 10, a head 11 at one end of the handle and a group of at least thirty resiliently flexible bristles 12 of a small diameter extending from the head generally axially of the handle, the bristles 12 in the group being laterally spaced apart from each other.
The cleaning implement is a one-piece member of injection moulded plastics material and as such is cheap to manufacture from waste plastics.






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