USPatent applicationPatented

Toothbrush

Granted 4 Mar 2014 · 3 office actions

Current assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company · originally Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: Al Sprosta, Douglas J. Hohlbein, Alan Sorrentino · Examiner: Melanie H Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

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29/418,938
filed 24 Apr 2012
Publication
Not published
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Patent
US D700437
granted 4 Mar 2014

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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 according to a first embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is an angled front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a top view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a toothbrush according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 12 is a left-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 13 is a right-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 14 is an angled front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 15 is a top view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the toothbrush of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 17 is a close-up view of area XVII of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 18 is a close-up view of area XVIII of FIG. 2 .

The dashed broken lines showing the round area on the head, the bristles, and the structure within the recess illustrate portions of the toothbrush that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken line represents the bounds of the claim and along with any surfaces of the recess beyond the bounds forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D04/108D41/11

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Pendency
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679 days filing → grant
Office actions
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2
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Examiner
Melanie H Tung
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