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Toothbrush

Granted 1 Jul 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Church & Dwight · originally Procter & Gamble

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Inventors: John Roy Whitney, John G. Chan, Ping Wang, Lawrence A. Blaustein · Examiner: Holly Baynham · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/161,443
filed 30 May 2002
Publication
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US D476486
granted 1 Jul 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of a first side of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the rear of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of a second side, opposite from the first side shown in FIG. 3, of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 6 is a top planar view of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the underside of a first preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 10 is an elevational view of a first side of a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 11 is an elevational view of the rear of a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 12 is an elevational view of a second side, opposite from the first side shown in FIG. 10, of a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush;

FIG. 13 is a top planar view of a second preferred embodiment of the claimed toothbrush; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of a second preferred embodiment of the underside of the claimed toothbrush.

The parts shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1-14 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D04/101

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