METHOD OF FORMING A TOOTHBRUSH

摘要

A method of forming a toothbrush having a handle and a cleaning head comprising the steps of forming a first subassembly by molding a plurality of spaced pods wherein each of the pods has a thin elastic stem and an outwardly extending plate with a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the plate and secured to the plate by an in-mold tufting (IMT) procedure and wherein the spaced pods are interconnected to each other by a support integral with each of the stems to create the subassembly, providing a second subassembly from the handle and a portion of the cleaning head, and securing the first subassembly to the portion of the cleaning head to complete the cleaning head structure by the mounting of the first subassembly to the portion of the cleaning head.