Toothbrush handle

- Colgate-Palmolive Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of toothbrush handle in color showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a second side view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the toothbrush handle shown in isolation for clarity.

The broken line immediately adjacent to the shaded area represents an unclaimed portion of the boundary of the design. The broken line showing of the remainder of the toothbrush is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a toothbrush handle, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D651406
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 20, 2008
Date of Patent: Jan 3, 2012
Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company (New York, NY)
Inventors: Chi Shing Wong (Warren, NJ), Douglas J. Hohlbein (Pennington, NJ), Kenneth Waguespack (North Brunswick, NJ), Al Sprosta (Maplewood, NJ), Xi Wen Jin (Shanghai), Xiangji Ding (Yangzhou)
Primary Examiner: Melanie H Tung
Assistant Examiner: Lavone D Tabor
Attorney: Judy W. Chung
Application Number: 29/308,531
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D4/104; D4/138