A toothbrush
CA 2256477 A1 · Owner: Cruddas, Michael · Inventors: Cruddas, Michael; Lees, Dean Russell
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A toothbrush consists of a bristle head (10) and a handle (11) comprising a removable holder (12) and a removable cap (15). Within the holder (12) is housed a bobbin (13) of dental floss, the free end of which emerges through an aperture (16) and is passed around a cutter (18) for removal of a length of floss. A toothpick (14) is also retained on the holder (12). The entire toothbrush is preferably disposable.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 12, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 12, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 12, 2019.
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