Electric toothbrush

- Colgate-Palmolive Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view of a new design for an electric toothbrush;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof.

The broken lines depict portions of the article that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for an electric toothbrush, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D767896
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 20, 2015
Date of Patent: Oct 4, 2016
Assignees: Colgate-Palmolive Company (New York, NY), Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. (New York, NY)
Inventors: Takashi Shigeno (Tokyo-to), Kazuya Andachi (Tokyo-to), Feilang Tseng (Kyoto)
Primary Examiner: John Windmuller
Assistant Examiner: Steven Czyz
Application Number: 29/536,924
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D4/101