Patents Assigned to SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: 7137166
    Abstract: A toothbrush with a replaceable head in which the handle has a socket and the head has a pin for insertion into the socket and the socket side walls or the pin comprise a resiliently deforable elastomer material differnt to the material of the socket side walls or pin. A preferred form of the toothbrush has its socket in a tubular structure resiliently supported between two fork-like arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Hans Kraemer
  • Toothbrush head with means to direct and collect radiation
    Patent number: 6862771
    Abstract: A toothbrush head suitable to direct incident radiation toward a surface of a tooth and to collect emitted radiation from the surface of the tooth, being made at least in past of a material which is transparent to the incident and/or emitted radiation. In preferred embodiments the head includes one or more radiation guiding cores of transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignees: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG, Helmut Hung GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Muller
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: 6611984
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a hinge located between its head and its handle, provided by first and second hinge parts extending respectively from the head end of the toothbrush toward the handle end, and from the handle end toward the head end, in a longitudinally overlapping side by side relationship, the overlapping parts being able to rotate relative to each other through a restricted angle about an axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the two parts being linked by a torsion element between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans Halm
  • Tooth brush with elastically articulated replaceable head
    Patent number: 6408473
    Abstract: The invention concerns a toothbrush with a bristle head or accessory unit which compensates for the brushing pressure and associated bending of the holder unit as well as hand movements. The toothbrush is characterized in that an O-ring or elastic shoe that is made either detached from or connected to the adjacent components is provided between the replaceable or fixed bristle unit and the holder unit. The bristle unit and holder unit are joined via a ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Kurt Kessler
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D446940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Yvonne Weisbarth
  • Toothbrush head
    Patent number: D446941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans Kraemer
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D450928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Yvonne Weisbarth
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D454253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Geiberger
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D455271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans Krämer
  • Travel cap for toothbrush
    Patent number: D456141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harry Landauer
  • Toothbrush head
    Patent number: D456997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Geiberger
  • Travel cap for toothbrush
    Patent number: D458759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harry Landauer
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D462174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Claus Schaber
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D470313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Claus Schaber
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D470660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Claus Schaber
  • Packaging
    Patent number: D487397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Alois Peghini
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D487846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Hans Halm, Hans Kramer
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D433233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Halm, Hans Kramer
  • Travel cap for toothbrush
    Patent number: D433570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harry Landauer
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D434907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harry Landauer