(19)
(11) EP 1 240 847 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38

(21) Application number: 02012748.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.11.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A46B 9/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.11.1997 US 968293
23.10.1998 US 177991

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
98956668.2 / 0955837

(71) Applicant: GILLETTE CANADA COMPANY
Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 4C5 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Beals, Donna
    Sunnyville, California 94087 (US)
  • Roberts, Michael
    Braintree, MA 02184 (US)
  • Wong-Paredes, Maisie
    Redwood Shores, California 94065 (US)
  • Castillo, Bradley
    San Ramon, California 94583 (US)
  • Masterman, Thomas Craig
    San Francisco, CA 94114 (US)

(74) Representative: Ebner von Eschenbach, Jennifer et al
Ladas & Parry, Dachauerstrasse 37
80335 München
80335 München (DE)

   


(54) Toothbrush


(57) A toothbrush comprising: a handle; a head extending from the handle; and three tufts of bristles secured to the head, the tufts each being at an acute angle relative to an imaginary line which is tangent to or co-planar with a surface of the head through which the tufts are secured to the head, two of the three tufts differing in cross-section, the three tufts being angled and aligned substantially toward the same direction, the direction being substantially parallel with the handle, the direction being substantially towards or away from the handle, a first one of the three tufts having a length, a second one of the three tufts being adjacent to the first tuft and having a length shorter than the length of the first tuft, and a third one of the three tufts being adjacent to the first tuft and having a length shorter than the length of the first tuft.






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