Electric toothbrush and brush head for an electric toothbrush

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8813292
APP PUB NO 20110239391A1
SERIAL NO

13098692

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A brush head for an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The brush head includes a bristle support having mounting means for the movable mounting of the bristle support and a plurality of bristle tufts arranged on the bristle support in at least one outer ring and one middle ring, the middle ring being nested within the outer ring and having a central area. The outer ring includes outer bristle tufts having an elongated tuft cross-section, which outer bristle tufts are mounted on opposing sides of the outer ring. The middle ring includes at least two middle bristle tufts that each have a cross-section that is smaller than the cross-section of the outer bristle tufts and a central area including at least one bristled section that consists of two center bristle tufts having a cross-section larger than the cross-section of the middle bristle tufts. The center bristle tufts each having an elongated, substantially kidney-shaped form that complement each other so that the bristled section of the central area has an approximately circular, oval or elliptical structure.

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  • BRAUN GMBH

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Driesen, Georges Weilrod, DE 51 2018
McGarry, Rory Frankfurt am Main, DE 62 1003
Reick, Hansjoerg Cincinnati, US 10 215
Schaefer, Norbert Frankfurt am Main, DE 67 1285
Schamberg, Stefan Usingen, DE 14 258
Schmid, Michael Frankfurt am Main, DE 105 1426
Thurnay, Eva Susanne Frankfurt am Main, DE 3 70

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