| 摘要 |
The handle of the toothbrush is in the general form of an animal (e.g., a quadriped) having its body-supported when not in use in a generally horizontal position. The handle is manually encircled and grasped by the hand with the thumb extending under and around the lower part of the body and with the palm and fingers extending over and around the upper part of the body portion as in a fist. The brush head of the toothbrush extends from an end of the handle. When the brush is not in use, it is adapted to rest on a flat surface with the bristles spaced from such surface. The device is adapted to motivate children to acquire and maintain desirable lifelong habits of good dental hygiene, it is easy for children to use, and it has enhanced sanitary features not found in the common types of toothbrushes presently available in the marketplace. To enhance the utility of the construction, at least an exterior portion of that part of the body portion which is manually encircled and grasped by the the user's hand as in a fist, is fabricated from a cellular material, preferably a closed cell cellular polymer which, most preferably, has a relatively smooth outer finish and is manually compressible but resilient. A preferred cellular polymer is a closed cell foamed or cellular ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
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