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Toothbrush handle

Granted 28 Mar 2000 · no office action yet

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

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

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filed 4 Feb 1998
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US D421841
granted 28 Mar 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the toothbrush handle of the invention in which the brush and brush holder appear in broken lines to indicate that the design of the brush and brush holder are not being claimed;

FIG. 2 is a right elevation view of the toothbrush handle of FIG. 1, the left side elevation view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the toothbrush handle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view of the toothbrush handle of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1.

The broken lines defining the bounds of the claimed design, form no part thereof.

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