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Electric toothbrush

Granted 4 Nov 1997 · no office action yet

Assignee: Eiji Okada

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Inventors: Eiji Okada · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 17 May 1996
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US D385702
granted 4 Nov 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing the assembled electric toothbrush of my design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an elevational front view of the brush head component of the electric toothbrush of my design;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an elevated front view showing the main body component of the electric toothbrush of my design;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 13 is an elevational front view showing the switch box component of the electric toothbrush of my design;

FIG. 14 is an elevational rear view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a left side view thereof; and

FIG. 17 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of the battery in FIG. 6 is shown for environmental purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

The portions of the claimed design that are shown in FIGS. 8-17, are shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

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