Toothbrush

- Colgate-Palmolive Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a toothbrush showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the other side thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of a toothbrush showing an alternative bristle configuration of our new design;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an elevational view of the other side thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view; and,

FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D360981
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 17, 1992
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 1995
Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company (New York, NY)
Inventors: Robert Moskovich (East Brunswick, NJ), Stanley R. Carter (Transvaal)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Lavone D. Tabor
Attorneys: Robert C. Sullivan, Richard J. Ancel
Application Number: 0/1,172
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/4104