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Toothbrush handle

Granted 20 Jul 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: John O. Butler Company · originally Butler Snow LLP

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Inventors: Scott H. Koepsel, H. Allen Achepohl, Judith M. Yablong, Kevin G. Yost · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 15 Oct 1997
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US D412064
granted 20 Jul 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toothbrush handle showing our new toothbrush handle design in which the bristles of the brush appear in broken lines to indicate that their shape is not claimed;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the toothbrush handle design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the toothbrush handle design shown in FIG. 1, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the toothbrush handle design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right end elevation view of the toothbrush handle design illustrated in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a left end elevation view of the toothbrush design shown in FIG. 1.

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D04/104D41/38

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