Claims

1. A toothbrush comprising a brush body with a brush head and at least one carrier platelet attached to said brush head, a plurality of bristle bundles consisting of a thermoplastic material being attached anchor-less to said platelet, the brush head in addition having at least one of bores, recesses or holes which have bristle bundles inserted and affixed with anchors or loops, bores, recesses or holes which have knobs, pegs, pointed bristles or pointed cones inserted therein, and knobs, pegs, pointed bristles or pointed cones attached to said brush head.

2. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the bristle bundles, knobs, pegs or pointed cones consist of a material that is not fusible.

3. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the cones or bristles each have an elongate body with such a low inherent stiffness that the pointed end prevents an introduction into a hole by bending or yielding transversely to the elongate body.

4. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the bores or holes have bundles of natural bristles inserted therein.

5. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the bores or holes have knobs, pegs or pointed cones made of an elastomer material inserted therein.

6. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the knobs, pegs or pointed cones are molded from an elastomer material, the brush body is molded from a relatively hard plastics material and the brush body is molded with the knobs, pegs or pointed cones in a two-component injection molding process.

7. The toothbrush according to claim 1, in which the carrier platelet has bristle bundles consisting of pre-pointed bristles attached to the platelet.

8. The toothbrush according to claim 7, wherein the pre-pointed bristles after attachment to the platelet are given a completed pointed shape by means of a post-treatment.

9. A toothbrush comprising a brush body including a brush head having a plurality of recesses or deepened or raised mounting surfaces which each have one carrier platelet inserted therein or applied thereto and attached thereto, the carrier platelet having bristle bundles made of a thermoplastic material anchor-less attached thereto, the bristle bundles of different carrier platelets jointly constituting an array of bristles.

10. The toothbrush according to claim 9, in which at least two of the carrier platelets have different shapes.

11. A toothbrush comprising a brush body including a brush head having at least one recess or a deepened or raised mounting surface having a carrier platelet inserted therein or applied thereto and attached thereto, the carrier platelet having bristle bundles made up of pre-pointed bristles made of a thermoplastic material anchor-less attached thereto, the bristles, following their attachment, being given a completed pointed shape by means of a post-treatment.

12. A method of making a toothbrush comprising a brush body including a brush head having at least one recess or a deepened or raised mounting surface having a carrier platelet inserted therein or applied thereto and attached thereto, comprising the steps of: a) anchor-less attaching to the carrier platelet bristle bundles made up of prepointed bristles made of a thermoplastic material; and b) following attachment, post-treating the pre-pointed bristles to give them a completed pointed shape.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the post-treatment is grinding.

14. A method according to claim 12, wherein the pre-pointed bristles are not so pointed that they bend, due to insufficient inherent stiffness, when inserted into a carrier platelet.

15. A method according to claim 12, wherein the pre-pointed bristles are pre-pointed by chemical or mechanical pre-treatment.