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Protective cover for a toothbrush head

Granted 11 Apr 2006 · no office action yet

Current assignee: The Gillette Company · originally Procter & Gamble

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Inventors: Bjorn Kling · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/201,163

filed 11 Mar 2004

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US D518643

granted 11 Apr 2006

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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 protective cover for a toothbrush head in a closed position showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head in an open position showing the new design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a left side view of the protective cover for a toothbrush head of FIG. 1.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a protective cover for a toothbrush head, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D04/113

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Alan P. Douglas

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6 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D502603-S	S1	8 Mar 2005	11 Mar 2004	granted	Manual toothbrush
USthis patent	US-D518643-S	S1	11 Apr 2006	11 Mar 2004	granted	Protective cover for a toothbrush head

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-156333-S	S	2 Sep 2004	28 Jan 2004	published	Protective cover for a toothbrush head
AU	AU-156334-S	S	2 Sep 2004	28 Jan 2004	published	Manual toothbrush
CA	CA-106117-S	S	9 Aug 2005	9 Mar 2004	granted	Manual toothbrush
CA	CA-111437-S	S	9 Aug 2005	9 Mar 2004	granted	Protective cover for toothbrush head

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