Abstract: A toothbrush has a handle of plastics material and, at one end thereof, a head,the handle including, as integral parts thereof, a grip portion, a resiliently flexible portion and a head-carrying portion,the resiliently flexible portion comprising at least one transverse V-shaped fold formed integrallly with the remainder of the handle and in a plane at from 30.degree. to 150.degree., preferably substantially at right-angles, to that in which the handle lies, whereby the resiliently flexible portion permitsthe head-carrying portion, on the application of pressure to the head, to be moved at an angle to the grip portion and out of the plane in which it normally lies, and to revert to its original position on the release of pressure.

Abstract: The telephone index has a plurality of selection keys and a spring-operated drawer witha stack of index cards, which is held in the index housing by means of a locking device in such a way that on operating a selection key the drawer locking means is released and consequently the drawer with the selected index card and the index cards below it is extended, while the index cards located above the selected card are held back in the index housing by means of a card hold-back device released by the operated selection key and is constructed in such a way that the unlocking of the drawer on operating a selection key takes place by a drawer position change in such a way that in its front region the drawer is lowered counter to the tension of a spring element and simultaneously the drawer locking means is released on the upper edge of the housing opening for the drawer, so that the drawer can be extended, the drawer locking means comprising a stop cam shaped onto the upper edge of the front drawer terminal ledge and

Abstract: A cap 2 for a dispensing container 1 for a liquid, has an outlet orifice 9 sealable by a plug 15 formed on a flexible band 11 which is hingedly attached 16, 20 to the cap and which, when the plug 15 is removed from the orifice 9, forms a hanging support for the container 1, the band lying in the same vertical plane in both the open and closed positions.The cap is useful for containers for shower gels and the like, where it is necessary to hang the container from a support during use.The cap can also be adapted to contain two orifices each serving a separate compartment of a twin-compartment pack.