Toothbrush with visual and/or other sensory effects

摘要

Toothbrushes comprising components with light transmitting and structural characteristics provide enhanced visual and other sensory effects. The components in combination are generally chemically compatible and function to provide areas of varying visibility of features. At least one of the components may include a scenting agent.

主权项

1. A toothbrush comprising:
a base component comprising a gripping region and an oral engaging region; a second component covering, at least a portion of said base component in said gripping region, wherein said base component comprises a plurality of projections in said gripping region; wherein said base component is opaque and said second component is at least partially transparent; and wherein a first projection of said plurality of projections is oval in shape and protrudes through said second component so that a periphery of an exposed surface of said first projection is flush with a first portion of an outer surface of said second component that abuts said periphery of said exposed surface of said first projection to form a smooth transition between said second component and said exposed surface of said first projection, wherein a second projection of said plurality of projections has an exposed surface, and wherein edges of said exposed surface of said second projection are recessed below a second portion of said outer surface of said second component that abuts said edges of said exposed surface of said second projection.