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Battery operated toothbrush

Granted 8 Jun 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: D. Thomas Hoffecker

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Inventors: Donald Thomas Hoffecker, Curtis Bailey · Examiner: Holly Baynham · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/153,346
filed 7 Jan 2002
Publication
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US D490981
granted 8 Jun 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view…

FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of the battery operated toothbrush showing our new design, the left side is a mirror image minus the power switch in the shape of a number “ 2 ”.

FIG. 2 is front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a right perspective view thereof.

The bottom of the toothbrush is flat and unornamented.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D04/101

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2.4 y
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Examiner
Holly Baynham
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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